Ninatta and Kulitta

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Ninatta and Kulitta were two goddesses always invoked together who formed the core of the entourage of the Hurrian goddess Shaushka,^[1][2] the equivalent of Mesopotamian Ishtar. Like many Hurrian deities they were incorporated into the Hittite pantheon, and are among the gods depicted in the Yazilikaya sanctuary.^[3][4] The veneration of Ninatta and Kulitta as a pair is an example of a process common in Hurrian religion, in which a pair of related gods was believed to act as an unity and was therefore venerated together.^[5]

Ninatta and Kulitta were regarded as divine musicians.^[6] In a myth known as Song of Hedammu (part of the so-called cycle of Kumarbi) they assist their mistress during her attempt at subduing the eponymous monster with a love potion.^[7]

They were also incorporated into the entourage of Ishtar in her temple the city of Ashur^[8] under the Akkadian names ^dNi-ni-tum and ^dKu-li-it-tum.^[9]

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