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Maliya was a goddess worshiped by Hittites in the Bronze Age. She was most likely a deified river in origin, but she was also associated with gardens and with artisanship, specifically with leatherworking and carpentry. The oldest attestations of her have been identified in the Old Assyrian texts from Kanesh. This city continued to be associated with her in later tradition, though she was also worshiped in Hattusa and elsewhere in the Hittite Empire. She is also present in texts originating in Kizzuwatna, which indicate she had a temple in Kummanni, where she was worshiped alongside various Hurrian deities.

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  • Maliya ist die hethitische Gartengöttin, die oft zusammen mit dem Pferdegott Pirwa und der Göttin Kamrušepa genannt wird. Alle diese Gottheiten haben einen engen Bezug zu Pferden. Sie wurde ursprünglich in Südostanatolien um Kaniš und auch in Kizzuwatna verehrt. Möglicherweise war sie ursprünglich eine luwische Göttin. (de)
  • Maliya was a goddess worshiped by Hittites in the Bronze Age. She was most likely a deified river in origin, but she was also associated with gardens and with artisanship, specifically with leatherworking and carpentry. The oldest attestations of her have been identified in the Old Assyrian texts from Kanesh. This city continued to be associated with her in later tradition, though she was also worshiped in Hattusa and elsewhere in the Hittite Empire. She is also present in texts originating in Kizzuwatna, which indicate she had a temple in Kummanni, where she was worshiped alongside various Hurrian deities. It is assumed that a similarly named goddess attested in Lycian texts from the first millennium BCE corresponds to earlier Hittite Maliya. She was worshiped in Rhodiapolis and in other cities in Lycia, and might have been a war goddess. Malis, known from Lydian sources and from references in Greek literature, is also assumed to be a derivative of Maliya by most authors. A text from Lesbos describes her as a weaver. The Lycian and Lydian forms of Maliya were regarded as analogous to Greek Athena, though it remains a matter of debate among researchers how was the correspondence between them initially established. Malis also survived in Greek sources as the name of one of the naiads responsible for kidnapping Hylas, or alternatively as a slave of queen Omphale. (en)
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  • Goddess of rivers, gardens and craftmanship (en)
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  • Maliya (en)
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  • Maliya ist die hethitische Gartengöttin, die oft zusammen mit dem Pferdegott Pirwa und der Göttin Kamrušepa genannt wird. Alle diese Gottheiten haben einen engen Bezug zu Pferden. Sie wurde ursprünglich in Südostanatolien um Kaniš und auch in Kizzuwatna verehrt. Möglicherweise war sie ursprünglich eine luwische Göttin. (de)
  • Maliya was a goddess worshiped by Hittites in the Bronze Age. She was most likely a deified river in origin, but she was also associated with gardens and with artisanship, specifically with leatherworking and carpentry. The oldest attestations of her have been identified in the Old Assyrian texts from Kanesh. This city continued to be associated with her in later tradition, though she was also worshiped in Hattusa and elsewhere in the Hittite Empire. She is also present in texts originating in Kizzuwatna, which indicate she had a temple in Kummanni, where she was worshiped alongside various Hurrian deities. (en)
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