Teisheba Bull and Thunderbolt Teisheba, also transliterated Theispas, was the Urartian weather god, associated with storms, thunder and war, forming a triad with the chief god Haldi, already recorded on this atlas, and the sun god Shivini. He was depicted as a man standing on a bull and holding a handful of thunderbolts, and his consort was the goddess Huba. Teisheba is linked by scholars to the Assyrian god Adad, the Vedic god Indra and the Hittite and Hurrian god Teshub, and the ancient city of Teishebaini in the Urartian kingdom was named in his honor.
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Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 2 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. Hittite Myths, 2nd edition
Harry A. Hoffner Jr. (Gary M. Beckman, ed.), Society of Biblical Literature (Writings from the Ancient World)
3. Teisheba (Wikipedia)
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