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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]
The Hurrian pantheon consisted of gods of varied backgrounds, some of them natively Hurrian, while others adopted from other pantheons, [1] [2] ...
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]
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]
Pages in category "Hurrian mythology" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Appu (Hurrian) H.
Mythology portal; Asia portal ... Anat (22 P) Pages in category "Hurrian deities" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.
Jebel al-Aqra, the mountain represented by Ḫazzi in Hurrian mythology. Both Namni [3] and Ḫazzi were deified mountains, and their names could be written with the determinatives dingir or ḪUR.SAG. [4] They functioned as a dyad [5] and commonly appear together in known sources. [6]