Lady of the kings and queens

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Lady of the kings and queens is an epithet of the Hittite Sun Goddess of Arinna, emphasizing her supreme authority over royal power and legitimacy.

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Label Occurrences
Lady of the kings and queens canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
theonymic epithet ⓘ
appliedToDeityIn Hittite religion ⓘ
associatedDeityType sun goddess ⓘ
associatedSphere dynastic continuity ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
royal ritual practice ⓘ
associatedWith Hittite royal ideology ⓘ
associatedWithCity Arinna ⓘ
culture Hittite ⓘ
denotes supreme authority over royal legitimacy ⓘ
supreme authority over royal power ⓘ
domain kingship ⓘ
queenship ⓘ
epithetType honorific ⓘ
political-religious epithet ⓘ
function to emphasize divine sanction of kingship ⓘ
to express the goddess’s control over rulers ⓘ
hasGender female ⓘ
implies divine oversight of royal justice ⓘ
subordination of kings and queens to the goddess ⓘ
languageContext Hittite ⓘ
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
linkedTo coronation rites ⓘ
legitimation of dynastic succession ⓘ
oaths of loyalty to the king ⓘ
refersTo Sun Goddess of Arinna ⓘ
region Anatolia ⓘ
relatedConcept divine kingship ⓘ
sacral kingship ⓘ
religiousCategory title of a major state deity ⓘ
religiousRole guarantor of royal legitimacy ⓘ
protector of the Hittite royal house ⓘ
religiousTradition Anatolian polytheism ⓘ
symbolizes divine patronage of the monarchy ⓘ
hierarchical supremacy over human rulers ⓘ
theologicalStatus highest-ranking goddess in the royal cult ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
titleOf Sun Goddess of Arinna in royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedBy Hittite kings ⓘ
Hittite queens ⓘ
worshipContext Hittite state cult ⓘ
linked to: Hittite priesthood

royal rituals ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sun goddess of Arinna → title → Lady of the kings and queens ⓘ