Lelwani
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Lelwani is a Hittite
goddess of the underworld. She is associated with charnel houses and was probably modelled on the Sumerian goddess Ereshkigal
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Hittites
The Hittites were a Bronze Age people of Anatolia.They established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia c. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its height c...
goddess of the underworld. She is associated with charnel houses and was probably modelled on the Sumerian goddess Ereshkigal
Ereshkigal
In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal was the goddess of Irkalla, the land of the dead or underworld. Sometimes her name is given as Irkalla, similar to the way the name Hades was used in Greek mythology for both the underworld and its ruler.Ereshkigal was the only one who could pass judgment and...
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