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During the Hittite New Kingdom, Luwian replaced Hittite as the empire's dominant language. In the early Iron Age, a number of Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite states arose in northern Syria. The Luwians are known largely from their language, and it is unclear to what extent they formed a unified cultural or political group.
Luwian religion was the religious and mythological beliefs and practices of the Luwians, an Indo-European people of Asia Minor, which is detectable from the Bronze Age until the early Roman Empire. It was strongly affected by foreign influence in all periods and it is not possible to clearly separate it from neighbouring cultures, particularly ...
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[10] [38] Manfred Hutter assumes the information about her character provided by Hittite text can be assumed to apply to her in Luwian context as well. [10] While according to Piotr Taracha it is incorrect to assume a single Luwian pantheon existed, some deities, including her, as well as the likes of Kamrušepa , Tarhunt , Tiwad , Arma ...
Luwian Studies is an independent, private, non-profit foundation based in Zürich, Switzerland. Its sole purpose is to promote the study of cultures of the second millennium BC in western Asia Minor .
Iyarri was associated with plague and war. [2] He was believed to cause epidemics, and was therefore also invoked in hopes of halting their spread. [3] The widespread view that he was a war god is based on his portrayal as an armed deity, on a text from the reign of Muršili II invoking him as a helper of the king in battle, and on his placement in various lists of deities, where he usually ...
The Luwian god Tarḫunz worshipped by the Iron Age Neo-Hittite states was closely related to Tarḫunna, [19] Personal names referring to Tarḫunz, like "Trokondas", are attested into Roman times. [20] Tarhunna has also been identified with the later Armenian and Roman god, Jupiter Dolichenus. [21]
[1] [3] The city remained largely Neo-Hittite up to its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 856 BC and the Luwian language was used even after that. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Til Barsip was the capital of the Aramean -speaking Syro-Hittite state of Bît Adini .