Ḫiriḫibi

deity Hurrian single tradition · 2

Ḫiriḫibi is a god who is not attested in any other sources besides the Ugaritic narrative composition Marriage of Nikkal and Yarikh. Yarikh bargains with him to be granted the permission to marry Nikkal. He is most likely either her father or at least mediates on behalf of her family.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested: 3000 BCE
Attested period: -3000 – 0
Historical notes: Attested in Ugaritic texts from the Late Bronze Age.

Relationships

co occurs with: ybrdmy, Baal, Sin, Pidray, Nikkal, Ningal, Kušuḫ, Yarikh, Kotharat, ʿAṯtar, Nabarbi, Kumarbi

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Sources

wikipedia (2)

Source passages

“After a proemium, which mentions some of the deities involved in the plot, and a number of verses dealing with the Kotharat, Yarikh is introduced bargaining with the god Ḫiriḫibi (who is not attested in any other sources) to be granted the permission to marry Nikkal.”
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“Examples of other analogously structured Hurrian theonyms include Nabarbi (“she of Nawar”) and possibly Ḫiriḫibi (“he of [the mountain] Ḫiriḫi”).”
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