Shala

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Shala is a Mesopotamian goddess associated with weather and grain, best known as the wife of the storm god Adad (Ishkur).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shala canonical 4
Shala (in some traditions) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian goddess
deity
appearsIn Akkadian religious texts
Mesopotamian god lists
associatedWith agriculture
grain
storm god Adad
weather
category Mesopotamian goddesses
fertility goddesses
weather deities
consortOf Adad
Ishkur
culture Mesopotamian religion
domain crops
fertility
rain
storms
equatedWith local grain goddesses in Mesopotamia
gender female
languageOfName Akkadian
mythologicalPeriod Bronze Age Near East
oftenDepictedWith grain stalks
lightning god Adad
lion-dragon
pantheon Akkadian
Assyrian
Babylonian
relatedDeity Adad
Ishkur
religiousRole bringer of beneficial rain
protector of crops
role grain goddess
weather goddess
spouse Adad
Ishkur
symbol ear of grain
horned tiara
sheaf of barley
typeOfCult agricultural cult
weather cult
worshippedAlongside Adad
Ishkur
worshipRegion Assyria
Babylonia
linked to: Babylon

Mesopotamia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adad consort Shala
Adad associatedDeity Shala
Dagan spouse Shala (in some traditions)
linked to: Shala
Karkar worshippedDeity Shala
Karkar associatedDeity Shala