Hurrian deites

A'as is a god of wisdom in Hurrian and Hittite mythology. He is derived from the Mesopotamian gods Enki/Ea and keeps the tablets of fate. Alalu is a god in Hurrian mythology.

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Alalu was the first master of universe. He had a son Anu. After nine years of reign, Alalu was defeated by Anu and he went down in the undeworld. Anu's son Kumarbi also defeated his father, and his son Teshub defeated him, too.
In the mythology of the Hurrians and the Hittites, Alalus or Alalu was a primordial, preceding Anu in the formation of the cosmos. He was identified by the Greeks as Hypsistos (the highest). Anu In Hurrian mythology, Anu was the progenitor of all gods. His son Kumarbis bit off his genitals and spat out three deities, one of whom, Teshub, later deposed Kumarbis.

Hannahannah
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Hurrian Mother Goddess Hannahannah (from Hittite hannas "grandmother"). Hannahannah may have been related to or influenced by the pre-Sumerian Goddess Inanna, although the similarity in name to the Biblical Hannah, mother of Samuel (according to 1 Kings); the Canaanite Anath, and the Christian St Anne are coincidental, the name Hannah in Hebrew having a different etymology deriving from a native root. Hannahannah was also identified with the Hurrian Goddess Hebat. Christopher Siren reports that Hannahannah is associated with Gulses. After Telepinu disappears, the Storm-god Hittite Tarhunt, Hurrian Teshub complains to her. She sends him to search himself and when he gives up, she dispatches a bee, charging it to purify the god by stinging his hands and feet and wiping his eyes and feet with wax. She recommends to the Storm-god that he pay the Sea-god the bride-price for the Seagod's daughter on her wedding to Telipinu. After Inara consulted with Hannahannah, she gave her a man and land. Soon after, Inara is missing and when Hannahannah is informed thereof by the Storm-god's bee, she apparently begins a search with the help of her female attendant. Apparently like Demeter, Hannahanna disappears for a while in a fit of anger and while she is gone, cattle and sheep are stifled and mothers, both human and animal take no account of their children. After her anger is banished to the Dark Earth, she returns rejoicing, and

mothers care once again for their kin. Another means of banishing her anger was through burning brushwood and allowing the vapor to enter her body. Either in this or another text she appears to consult with the Sun-god and the War-god, but much of the text is missing. Hazzi In Hittite and Hurrian mythology, Hazzi is a mountain god who belongs to the retinue of Teshub. In state treaties from ancient Anatolia and Mitanni Hazzi also appears as the god of oaths. Hebat, also transcribed Kheba or Khepat, was the mother goddess of the Hurrians, known as "the mother of all living". She was the consort of Teshub and the mother of Sarruma. Originally, as Kheba or "Kubau" it is thought she may have had a Southern Mesopotamian origin, being the divinised founder of the Third Dynasty of Kish. The name can be transliterated in different versions; Khebat with the feminine ending -t is primarily the Syrian and Ugaritic version. As it is written cuneiform script allows the name to be pronounced with either /b/ or /p/, though in the Hurrian language Hepa is the most likely pronunciation. The sound /h/ in cuneiform is in the modern literature sometimes transliterated as kh. Later assimilated with Hebat was the Hittite sun goddess Arinna. A prayer of queen Puduhepa makes this explicit: "To the Sun-goddess of Arinna, my lady, the mistress of the Hatti lands, the queen of heaven and earth. Sun-goddess of Arinna, thou art queen of all countries! In the Hatti country thou bearest the name of the Sun-goddess of Arinna; but in the land which thou madest the cedar land thou bearest the name Hebat."[1] Hebat was venerated all over the ancient Near East. Her name appears in many theophoric personal names. A king of Jerusalem mentioned in the Amarna letters was named Abdi-Kheba or Abd-Hebat, possibly meaning "Servant of Hebat". The mother goddess is likely to have had a later counterpart in the Phrygian goddess Cybele. Hepit is the Hurrian goddess of the sky. She is depicted in statues as standing on the back of a lion. Hepit may have been identical to or an aspect of Hebat. She was still worshipped at Comana in Asia Minor in Roman times. The Romans identified her with their war goddess Bellona. Hutena In Hurrian mythology, the Hutena are goddesses of fate. They are similar to the Norns of Norse mythology or the Moirae of ancient Greece. They are called the Gul Ses (GulShesh; Gulshesh; Gul-ashshesh) in Hittite mythology.

Illuyanka
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The Sky God kills the dragon Illuyankas. Behind him his son Sarruma

The twisting body of the snake is depicted in undulating lines with human figures sliding along Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey

In Hittite mythology, Illuyanka was a serpentine dragon slain by Tarhunt (dIM), the Hittite incarnation of the Hurrian god of sky and storm. It is known from Hittite cuneiform tablets found at orum-Boazky, the former Hittite capital Hattusa. The context is a ritual of the Hattian spring festival of Puruli. The myth is found in Catalogue des Textes Hittites 321, which gives two consecutive versions. Illuyanka is probably a compound, consisting of two words for "snake", Proto-IndoEuropean *hillu- and *heng(w)eh-. The same compound members, inverted, appear in Latin anguilla "eel". The *hillu- word is cognate to English eel, the anka- word to Sanskrit ahi. Also this dragon is known as Illujanka and Illuyankas.

Narrative
In the first version, the two gods fight and Illuyanka wins. Teshub then goes to the Hattian goddess Inaras for advice. Having promised her love to a mortal named Hupasiyas in return for his help, she devises a trap for the dragon. She goes to him with large quantities of food and drink, and entices him to drink his fill. Once drunk, the dragon is bound by Hupasiyas with a rope. Then the Sky God Teshub appears with the other gods and kills the dragon. In the second version, after the two gods fight and Teshub loses, Illuyanka takes Teshub's eyes and heart. To avenge himself upon the dragon, the Sky God Teshub marries the goddess Hebat, daughter of a mortal, named Arm. They have a son, Sarruma, who grows up and marries the daughter of the dragon Illuyanka. The Sky God Teshub tells his son to ask for the return of Teshub's eyes and heart as a wedding gift, and he does so. His eyes and heart restored, Teshub goes to face the dragon Illuyanka once more. At the point of vanquishing the dragon, Sarruma finds out about the battle

and realizes that he had been used for this purpose. He demands that his father take his life along with Illuyanka's, and so Teshub kills them both with thundery rain and lightning. This version is illustrated on a relief to was found at Malatya (dating from 1050-850 BC) and is on display in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey.

Inara
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In HittiteHurrian mythology, Inara was the goddess of the wild animals of the steppe and daughter of the Storm-god Teshub/Tarhunt.[1] She corresponds to the "potnia theron" of Greek mythology, better known as Artemis. After the dragon Illuyanka wins an encounter with the storm god, the latter asks Inara to give a feast, most probably the Purulli festival.[2] Inara decides to use the feast to lure and defeat Illuyanka, who was her father's archenemy, and enlists the aid of a mortal named Hupasiyas of Zigaratta by becoming his lover. The dragon and his family gorged themselves on the fare at the feast, becoming quite drunk, which allowed Hupasiyas to tie a rope around them. This allowed Inara's father to kill Illuyankas, thereby preserving creation.[1][2] Inara built a house on a cliff and gave it to Hupasiyas. She left one day with instructions that he was not to look out the window, as he might see his family. But he looked, and the sight of his family made him beg to be allowed to return home. It is not known what happened next, but there is speculation[3] that Inara killed Hupasiyas for disobeying her, [1] or for hubris,[4] or that he was allowed to return to his family.[2] The mother goddess Hannahannah promised Inara land and a man during a consultation by Inara. Inara then disappears. Her father looks for her, joined by Hannahanna with a bee. The story resembles that of Persephone and her daughter Demeter, in Greek myth.
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Irsirra is the Hurrian goddess of destiny. Khipa (also Khebe) is a tutelary deity of the Hurrians and Hittites. This may be an archaic name for the goddess Ma. Kumarbi is the Hurrian god, son of Anu, and father of the Weather-God Teshub. Main article: Kingship in Heaven In the cuneiform text given the modern name Kingship in Heaven, Alalu was overthrown by Anu who was in turn overthrown by Kumarbi. When Anu tried to escape, Kumarbi bit off his genitals and spat out three new gods. In the text Anu tells

his son that he is now pregnant with the Teshub, Tigris, and Tamiu. Upon hearing this Kumarbi spit the semen upon the ground and it became impregnated with two children. Kumarbi is cut open to deliver Teub. Together, Anu and Teshub depose Kumarbi.[1] In another version of the Kingship in Heaven, the three gods, Alalu, Anu, and Kumarbi, rule heaven, each serving the one who precedes him in the nine-year reign. It is Kumarbi's son Teub, the Weather-God, who begins to conspire to overthrow his father[2]. From the first publication of the Kingship in Heaven tablets[3] scholars have pointed out the similarities between the Hurrian creation myth and the story from Greek mythology of Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus.[4] The Song of Kumarbi (CTH 344, also Kingship in Heaven) is the title given to a Hittite version of the Hurrian Kumarbi myth, dating to the 14th or 13th century BC. It is preserved in three tablets, but only a small fraction of the text is legible. tablet A. KUB 33.120 + KUB 33.119 + KUB 36.31 + KUB 48.97 tablet B. KUB 36.1 tablet C. KUB 48.97 Kumarbi bit off the genitals of Anu and spat out three new gods: Alalu was overthrown by Anu who was in turn overthrown by Kumarbi. When Anu tried to escape Kumarbi bites off his genitals. Anu tells his son that he is now pregnant with the storm god (Teshub/Tarhun), Tigris and Tashmishu. Upon hearing this Kumarbi spit the semen upon the ground and it became impregnated with two children. Kumarbi becomes pregnant and is cut open to deliver the storm god. Together, Anu and Teshub depose Kumarbi. In another version[citation needed] of the Kingship in Heaven, the three gods, Alalu, Anu and Kumarbi, rule heaven each serving the one who precedes him in the nine-year reign. It is Kumarbi's son Teub, the Weather-God, who begins to conspire to overthrow his father. Scholars have pointed out the similarities between the Hurrian creation myth and the story of Uranus, Cronus and Zeus from Hesiod's Theogony.

Kusuh
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The Hurrian moon-god. His holy number is 30. Kusuh (Kushuh) has been identified with the Hittite god Kaskuh. Samnuha is a Hurrian god worshipped by the Aramaeans of Suhu, alongside the goddess Kubaba of Charchemish in Neo-assyrian times.[1] arruma or Sharruma is an originally Hurrian god who was adopted into the Hittite pantheon. His name means "king of the mountains" and he is a son of the weather-god Teshub and the goddess Hebat. He is often depicted riding a tiger or panther and

carrying an axe (cf. labrys). He is depicted behind his father on the Illuyankas relief found in Malatya (dating 1050-850 BC), on display in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey. Shaushka, also (auka) is a Hurrian goddess who was also adopted into the Hittite pantheon. She is known in detail because she became the patron goddess of the Hittite king Hattusilis II (14201400 BC). Shaushka is a goddess of fertility, but also of war and healing. She is depicted in human form with wings, standing with a lion and accompanied by two attendants.

1350 BC, Amarna letters "auka"

In the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence, (written mostly to the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh), one letter EA 23, (EA for 'el Amarna'), written to the pharaoh, has as its topic, the Loaning of a Statue to Egypt. It is presumed that it's due to the health of the Egyptian king, but there are other theories or explanations. The title of the letter is: "A goddess travels to Egypt". It is a short, 32-line letter, from Tushratta, (letter no. 7 of 13), and the 2nd half of the letter states: "Now, in the time, too, of my father ... ..went to this country, and just as earlier she dwelt there and they honored her, may my brother now honor her 10 times more than before. May my brother honor her, (then) at (his) pleasure let her go so that she may come back. May auka, the mistress of heaven, protect us, my brother and me, 100,000 years, and may our mistress grant both of us great joy. And let us act as friends. Is auka for me alone my god(dess), and for my brother not his god(dess)?" Black Egyptian script is also written on the reverse side of this letter, (in the open space remaining). Sutekh is a weather god of Hurrian origin but adopted into the Hittite pantheon. He is identified on the seal of a Hittite/Egyptian treaty between Hattusilis II and Ramesses II in 1271 BC. Sutekh is probably another name for Teshub. Teshub (also written Teshup or Teup) was the Hurrian god of sky and storm. He was derived from the Hattian Taru. His Hittite and Luwian name was Tarhun (with variant stem forms Tarhunt, Tarhuwant, Tarhunta), although this name is likely from the ProtoIndo-European Perknas[1] or the Hittite root *tarh- to defeat, conquer.[2][3][4] He is depicted holding a triple thunderbolt and a weapon, usually an axe (often doubleheaded) or mace. The sacred bull common throughout Anatolia was his signature animal, represented by his horned crown or by his steeds Seri and Hurri, who drew his chariot or carried him on their backs. In the Hurrian schema, he was paired with Hebat the mother goddess; in the Hittite, with the sun goddess of Arinnaa cultus of great antiquity which may ultimately derive from the bull god and mother goddess worshipped at atalhyk in the Neolithic era. Myths also exist of his conflict with the

sea creature (possibly a snake or serpent) Hedammu (CTH 348). His son was Sarruma. According to Hittite myth, one of his greatest acts was the slaying of the dragon Illuyanka. The Hurrian myth of Teshub's originhe was conceived when the god Kumarbi bit off and swallowed his father Anu's genitalsis a likely inspiration for the story of Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus, which is recounted in Hesiod's Theogony. Tilla is a bull god in the Hurrian and Hittite pantheons, the attendant and mount of the weather god Teshub. Upelluri In Hurrian mythology, Upelluri was the "dreaming god". The gods placed the stone giant Ullikummi on Upelluri's shoulders to form the world. In his slumber, Upelluri was unaware of his burden. He has been compared to Atlas from Greek mythology. The Hittite counterpart was Ubelluris, a mountain god who carried the western edge of the sky on his shoulders.
The Telepinu Myth is an ancient Hittite myth about the god Telepinu (Hittite god of farming and fertility) whose disappearances causes all fertility to fail, both plant and animal. This results in devastation and despair among gods and humans alike. In order to stop the havoc and devastation, the gods seek Telepinu but fail to find him. Only a bee sent by the goddess Hannahanna finds Telepinu, and stings him in oder to wake him up. However this infuriates Telepinu further and he "diverts the flow of rivers and shatters the houses". In the end, the goddess Kamrusepa uses healing and magic to calm Telepinu after which he returns home and restores the vegetation and fertility. In other references it is a mortal priest who prays for all of Telepinu's anger to be sent to bronze containers in the underworld, of which nothing escapes.[

Ullikummi
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In Hurrian mythology,[1] Ullikummi is a giant stone monster, son of Kumarbi and the sea god's daughter. The narrative of Ullikummi is one episode, the best preserved and most complete,[2] in an epic cycle of related "songs" about the god Kumarbi, who aimed to replace the weather god Teshub and destroy the city of Kummiya; to this end Kumarbi fathered upon a rock cliff a genderless, deaf, blind, yet sentient pillar of volcanic rock, Ullikummi, which he hid in the netherworld and placed on the shoulder of Upelluri. Upelluri, absorbed in his meditations, did not feel Ullikummi on his shoulder. Ullikummi grew quickly until he reached the heavens. Teshub thundered and rained on Ullikummi, but it did not harm him. Teshub fled and abdicated the throne. Teshub asked Ea for help. Ea visited Upelluri and cut off the feet of Ullikummi, toppling him. The "song of Ullikummi" was recognized from its first rediscovery as a predecessor of Greek myths in Hesiod. Parallels to the Greek myth of Typhoeus, the ancient antagonist of the thunder-god Zeus, have been elucidated by Walter Burkert, Oriental and Greek

Mythology, pp. 1924, and Caucasian parallels in his "Von Ullikummi zum Kaukasus: Die Felsgeburt des Unholds", Wrzburger Jahrbcher N. F., 5 (1979) pp. 25361.
Villu is a Mitanni fish-deity. Known today by few surviving clay statues of him as cult objects, Villu was a god of water with influence over droughts and thirst. He was used in a jurisdictional role, as people convicted in crimes involving anything to do with sea, water or blood would be stoned with the aforementioned statues to death (which is why there are hardly any recognizable statues found today). Were the criminal to be punished in any other way, Villu would decrease the river flow, causing drought and famine. Following the conquest of Mitanni by the Hittites, his cult and the punishment declined.

Zababa (also Zamama) was the Hittite way of writing the name of a war god, using Akkadian writing conventions. Most likely, this spelling represents the native Anatolian Hattian god [Wurunkatte]. He is identified with the Akkadian god Ninurta. His Hurrian name was Astabis. In southern Mesopotamia, Zababa was the tutelary god of the city of Kish, whose sanctuary was the E-meteursag. Several ancient Mesopotamian kings were named in honor of Zababa, including Ur-Zababa of Kish (early patron of Sargon of Akkad) and Zababa-shumma-iddini (a 12th century BCE Kassite king of Babylon).