Maiden
What you need to sow
Begin beyond the role that confines you.
Hurrian / Anatolian
Šauška
Lady of Love, War and Transformation
Hurrian northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia — 2nd millennium BCE
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Her story
Historical context
goddess · Hurrian northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia — 2nd millennium BCE
Šauška was a major Hurrian deity of love and warfare whose worship entered the Hittite world. Texts and images also connect Šauška with gender transformation and attendants of varied gender.
Mythology & traditions
She refuses simple oppositions: attraction and battle, feminine and masculine, splendor and danger can move through one divine power.
Domains
- love
- war
- transformation
Symbols
- lion
- wings
- eight-point star
In the oracle
Her guidance
Mother
What you need to grow
Show love spacious enough for transformation.
Crone
What you need to know
Know that complexity is not contradiction.
Her tradition
Anatolian & Hurrian Tradition
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