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Assyrian worship of the dove (1)

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
Cult of Ištar
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
Dove
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05 Animal/theriomorphic symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05.02 Birds
02.05.02.03 Dove
dove = mother goddess
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.10 Esoteric lore and hermeneutics
05.10.04 Esoteric associations
05.10.04.02 dove = mother goddess
Holy Spirit
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.02 Trinity of god
01.04.02.05 Holy Spirit

Keywords
Assyrians
doves

Period
1st century BCE
Roman Empire

Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Diodorus Siculus 2.19.2:
The Assyrians worship the dove as a god.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Diodorus Siculus 2.19.2

Simo Parpola

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