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... goddess ) . In the Nabataean kingdom the coun- terpart of Dionysus was the great god nicknamed du- Shara ( Dusares ) , " the one of Shara " from the name of the mountain overlooking Petra . This epithet replaced the secret name ...
... goddess ) . In the Nabataean kingdom the coun- terpart of Dionysus was the great god nicknamed du- Shara ( Dusares ) , " the one of Shara " from the name of the mountain overlooking Petra . This epithet replaced the secret name ...
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... goddess — the god carries various weapons or emblems , the goddess in most instances holds a baby - have been found at several sites at a somewhat later level . Though the Old Assyrian tablets are concerned exclu- sively with commercial ...
... goddess — the god carries various weapons or emblems , the goddess in most instances holds a baby - have been found at several sites at a somewhat later level . Though the Old Assyrian tablets are concerned exclu- sively with commercial ...
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... goddess , Shiwini ( compare Hurrian Teshub and Shimegi ) , and a goddess , Bagbartu ( or Bagmashtu ) . Haldi is rep- resented standing on a lion , Tesheba on a bull , Shiwini holding a winged sun disk above her head . The cult was ...
... goddess , Shiwini ( compare Hurrian Teshub and Shimegi ) , and a goddess , Bagbartu ( or Bagmashtu ) . Haldi is rep- resented standing on a lion , Tesheba on a bull , Shiwini holding a winged sun disk above her head . The cult was ...
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