Sauska, also called Sausa or Sawuska, was the highest ranked goddess in the Hurrian pantheon, associated with love and war as well as with incantations and, by extension, healing. Although usually referred to with feminine titles such as allai, references to a masculine Sauska are also known. The Hurrians associated her chiefly with Nineveh, but she was worshiped across a wide area, from Anatolian cities in Kizzuwatna through Alalakh and Ugarit in Syria to Nuzi and Ulamme in northeastern Mesopotamia, and she was later introduced into southern Mesopotamia in the Ur III period, where she came to be associated with Ishtar; growing Hurrian influence on Hittite culture eventually brought her into the Hittite state pantheon as well. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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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), 1998Sauska (Shaushka), Hurrian-Hittite corpusView the Source Wikipedia, "Sauska"
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