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Though drawing on ancient Mesopotamian religion, the religion of the Hittites and Luwians retains noticeable elements of reconstructed Proto-Indo-European mythology.For example, Tarhunt, the god of thunder and his conflict with the serpent Illuyanka resembles the conflict between Indra and the cosmic serpent Vritra in Vedic mythology, or Thor and the serpent Jörmungandr in Norse mythology.
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Hittite religion and mythology were heavily influenced by their Hattic, Mesopotamian, Canaanite, and Hurrian counterparts. In earlier times, Indo-European elements may still be clearly discerned. Storm gods were prominent in the Hittite pantheon.
The Hittite texts were introduced in 1930 by W. Porzig, who first drew parallels between Teshub's battle against Illuyanka and the battle of the sky god Zeus against serpent-like Typhon, told in Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheke (I.6.3); [5] the Hittite-Greek parallels found few adherents at the time, the Hittite myth of the castration of the god ...
Pages in category "Hittite mythology" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Kurunta (god) P. Pasuhalta (region) Puruli; Y. Yazılıkaya
Greek red-figure vase painting depicting Heracles slaying the Lernaean Hydra, c. 375–340 BC. In Hittite mythology, the storm god Tarhunt slays the giant serpent Illuyanka, [265] as does the Vedic god Indra the multi-headed serpent Vritra, which has been causing a drought by trapping the waters in his mountain lair. [259]
The Hittite Great King Muwatalli II named the weather god of the thunderbolt (d U piḫaššaššiš) as his protective deity, calling him "weather god of the thunderbolt, my lord, king of heaven." By his account, the god raised him and installed him as king of the Hittite realm. His prayer to the god shows Luwian characteristics: [20]
From the Hittite Old Kingdom, she was the chief goddess of the Hittite state. The "Gods' city" of Arinna was the site of the coronation of the first Hittite kings and one of the empire's three holy cities. The Hattian name of the goddess was transcribed by the Hittites as Ištanu and Urunzimu. They also invoked her as Arinitti ("The Arinnian").