Shaushka, the Traveling Goddess
Author(s) -
Graciela Gestoso Singer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
trabajos de egiptología papers on ancient egypt
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1695-4750
DOI - 10.25145/j.tde.2016.07.03
Subject(s) - queen (butterfly) , blessing , hospitality , prestige , order (exchange) , law , history , political science , business , philosophy , archaeology , hymenoptera , linguistics , botany , tourism , finance , biology
espanolEl viaje de estatuas de dioses y diosas entre cortes de grandes reyes fue un recurso conocido en el Cercano Oriente antiguo. En la Antiguedad, las estatuas de ciertos dioses y diosas fueron simbolos de vida, fertilidad, curacion, prosperidad, cambio, alianzas y, en algunos casos, representaron la integracion “geografica” o la legitimacion “ideologica” de un territorio. Las Cartas de El Amarna revelan el viaje de la estatua de la diosa Shaushka hacia la corte egipcia durante el reinado de Amenhotep III. Textos acadios, hurritas, hititas y ugariticos indican el rol cumplido por esta diosa en panteones locales, asi como en diversas cortes extranjeras durante el II milenio a.e. Fue reconocida como la diosa de la guerra, fertilidad y curacion. Estatuas de esta diosa son empleadas en rituales realizados ante acciones belicas, enfermedades, alianzas de matrimonio y nacimientos. El presente trabajo se propone analizar el rol de esta diosa en la corte egipcia durante el reinado de Amenhotep III. EnglishTraveling gods and goddesses between courts was a well-known motif in the ancient Near East. Statues of gods and goddesses served as symbols of life, fertility, healing, prosperity, change, alliances and sometimes represented the “geographical” integration or the “ideological” legitimization of a territory. The Amarna Letters reveal the journey of the goddess Shaushka to the Egyptian court of Amenhotep III. Akkadian, Hurrian, Hittite, and Ugaritic texts reveal the role played by this goddess in local pantheons, as well as in various foreign courts during the second millennium BCE. She was known as the goddess of war, fertility and healing and statues of the goddess were used in rituals performed before military actions, to heal diseases, to bless marriage alliances and assist births. This paper analyses the role of this traveling goddess in the Egyptian court of Amenhotep III.
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