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A relief of Hurrian deities Teššub and Ḫepat and their court from Yazılıkaya. The Hurrian pantheon consisted of gods of varied backgrounds, some of them natively Hurrian, while others adopted from other pantheons, [1] [2] for example Eblaite [3] and Mesopotamian. [4]
An early Hurrian royal inscription. Hurrians were among the inhabitants of parts of the Ancient Near East, [1] especially the north of the Fertile Crescent. [2] Their presence is attested from Cilicia in modern Turkey in the west, through the Amik Valley (), Aleppo (Halab) and the Euphrates valley in Syria, to the modern Kirkuk area in Iraq in the east. [3]
Hurrian primeval deities were regarded as an early generation of gods in Hurrian mythology. A variety of Hurrian, Hittite and Akkadian labels could be used to refer to them. They were believed to inhabit the underworld, where they were seemingly confined by Teshub. Individual texts contain a variety of different listings of primeval deities ...
The Hurrians were first documented in the city of Urkesh, where they built their first kingdom. Their largest and most influential Hurrian kingdom was Mitanni. The population of the Hittite Empire in Anatolia included a large population of Hurrians, and there is significant Hurrian influence in Hittite mythology. [1]
Upelluri or Ubelluri was a primordial giant in Hurrian mythology.. He is only known from the Song of Ullikummi, which is one of the few Hurrian texts offering a view of this culture's cosmology. [1]
The Hurrian Earth and Heaven were also incorporated into the Mesopotamian pantheon. [12] Their names are written as d ḫa-mur-nim and d ḫa-a-a-šum in the Marduk Prophecy. [6] [13] They are transcribed as either Hahharnum and Hayyashum, [13] Hamurnu and Hayašu [12] or Ḫamurni and Ḫayašu. [14]
Šimige was the Hurrian sun god.Known sources do not associate him with any specific location, but he is attested in documents from various settlements inhabited by the Hurrians, from Kizzuwatnean cities in modern Turkey, through Ugarit, Alalakh and Mari in Syria, to Nuzi, in antiquity a part of the kingdom of Arrapha in northeastern Iraq.
Allani, also known under the Akkadian name Allatu (or Allatum), [1] was the Hurrian goddess of the underworld. She was also associated with the determination of fate. She was closely linked with Išḫara, and they could be invoked or receive offerings together.