Allani, whose name means simply 'the lady' in Hurrian, is the Hurrian goddess of the underworld. She rules the 'Dark Earth,' the Hurrian land of the dead, from a palace situated at the gates of the deceased's realm, and she presides over the passage of the dead into the underworld. As one of the few major goddesses of death and the underworld in the Hurrian pantheon, she held a position of considerable religious importance despite ruling over a realm of the dead rather than the living.
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Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 3 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Function
Domain / Function Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Allani, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
3. Hittite Myths, 2nd edition
Harry A. Hoffner Jr. (Gary M. Beckman, ed.), Society of Biblical Literature (Writings from the Ancient World), 1998Allani, Hurrian-Hittite corpusView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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