Selardi

Selardi (Sielardi or possibly Melardi) is a lunar deity of Urartu. Until recently, it was generally believed that this deity was female, although some contemporary scholars disagree with this.

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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Selardi, and connects out to Middle East, Armenian and International Standard Book Number.

Vinony files it under Armenian goddesses, Lunar goddesses and Urartian deities.

Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: deity
Gender: female
Image: Urartian Seal05.jpg
Said to be same as: Yarikh

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worshipped by: Urartu

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Selardi (Sielardi or possibly Melardi) is a lunar deity of Urartu. Until recently, it was generally believed that this deity was female, although some contemporary scholars disagree with this.

Selardi was believed to be the counterpart to the Babylonian moon god, Sin. Nicholas Adontz theorizes that the name "Sielardi" is derived from "Siela," meaning "woman" or "sister," and "Ardi" which means "sun god" in Armenian. He states that in the ancient east, the Moon had been considered the sister of the Sun, rather than his consort.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Selardi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.