Šanta
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title:
Šanta
text:
Šanta (Santa) was a god worshiped in Bronze Age Anatolia by Luwians and Hittites. It is presumed that he was regarded as a warlike deity, and that he could additionally be associated with plagues and possibly with the underworld, though the latter proposal is not universally accepted. In known texts he frequently appears alongside Iyarri, a deity of similar character. He is first attested in documents from Kanesh dated to the Old Assyrian period, and continues to appear in later treaties, ritual
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0anta
date created:
2010-12-19T16:48:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T23:16:35Z
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