Arubani is a goddess of the Urartian pantheon recorded as the wife of the chief god Haldi, already recorded on this atlas as one of the three great deities of Urartu alongside Teisheba and Shivini, both also already recorded here. Some sources instead or additionally name the goddess Bagmasti as Haldi's wife, reflecting genuine uncertainty in the surviving Urartian record rather than a single settled account.
Facts
Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 4 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. Arubani, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
3. Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
Nicole Brisch (ed.), Oracc / Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania, 2011Arubani, Urartian inscriptionsView the Source 4. Hittite Myths, 2nd edition
Harry A. Hoffner Jr. (Gary M. Beckman, ed.), Society of Biblical Literature (Writings from the Ancient World)
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