Saggar (god)

Saggar
God of the Sinjar Mountains and the moon
Other namesSanugaru, Šaggar, Šanugaru
Major cult centerMane, Kurda, Emar
Symbolspossibly the lunar crescent
Consortusually none, rarely Išḫara (in Mesopotamia)

Saggar (also Šaggar,[1] Sanugaru,[2] Šanugaru[3]) was a god worshiped in ancient Syria, especially in the proximity of Ebla and Emar, later incorporated into the Hurrian and Hittite pantheons. His name was also the ancient name of the Sinjar Mountains. It is assumed that he was at least in part a lunar deity.

  1. ^ Rutz 2007, p. 611.
  2. ^ Archi 2020, p. 19.
  3. ^ Archi 1997, p. 417.