Manuzi (also spelledManuzzi[1]) was a mountain god worshiped inKizzuwatna. He shared his name with the mountain he represented and with a village. He is best attested from sources pertaining to thehišuwa festival, which indicate he was the husband of the goddessLelluri. He could be identified as a form of theHurrian weather godTeshub as well, and as such was referred to as Teshub Manuzi.
Manuzi was a mountain god, but he could also be identified as a form of Teshub,[2] and as such could be referred to as "Teshub Manuzi."[3] He was associated with a mountain and a settlement which both shared his name.[4] According toVolkert Haas, the latter was not historically notable.[4] It was located in the proximity of theGulf of Alexandretta.[1]
Documentation pertaining to thehišuwa festival mentions an eagle who sat on the shoulder of Manuzi, Eribuški,[5] whose name hasHurrian origin.[4] A separate ritual involved washing a golden statue of him.[6] Eagles were also a symbol of other mountain gods in ancientSyria andAnatolia, for example aHittite text describing the appearance of various deities mentions that the cult statue of the mountain god Kuwarri was accompanied by an iron eagle, while an eagle made out of ivory was an attribute of Iškiša.[7]Volkert Haas notes the association of deified mountains with eagles is already attested in the case of theEblaite Adarwan in the third millennium BCE.[5] An Eblaite incantation (ARET 5.16) refers todA-dar-wa-an BEti8MUŠEN.ti8MUŠEN, "Adarwan, lord of the eagles."[8]
Manuzi was not the only mountain god from southern Anatolia and northern Syria who could be labeled as a weather deity – Hittite documents refer to a weather god labeled as "Lord of Amaruk," apparently a derivative of the mountain godAmmarik known from texts from Ebla.[9] The corresponding landmark was located somewhere in the land ofMukish.[9]
Manuzi's spouse was the Hurrian goddessLelluri.[10]
Manuzi was worshiped inKummanni inKizzuwatna.[11] A temple dedicated to him existed in that city.[4] He was worshiped during nine dayhišuwa festival, known from a set of tablets with instructions pertaining to it prepared for queenPuduḫepa.[3] Other deities mentioned alongside him include Lelluri,Allani,Išḫara, two manifestations ofNupatik and theLuwian goddessMaliya.[3]
Hittite documents attest the existence of a ritual dedicated to Manuzi which took place in the main temple of thestorm god of Hatti.[12]