Nara
deity earth Hindu single tradition · 5
Nara is a divine sage-brother of Narayana in Hindu mythology who performs penance with his brother to please the creator god Brahma. He and Narayana remained unaffected by the seductive dances of Indra's apsaras and decided to break their pride. They assured Indra that they would not take his throne.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – -1200
- Historical notes
- Named as one of the eight old gods in Hittite ritual texts from the second millennium BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Rati, Lelwani, Ullikummi, Enlil, Ninlil, Minki, Namšara, Zulki, Ammunki, Ammizzadu, Tuḫuši, Alalu, Apantu, Kumarbi, Amunki, Napšara, Ammezzadu, Teshub, Išḫara, Allani, Kubaba, lamma, Apandu, Ḫedammu, Upelluri, Eltara, Haya, Mana, Hamsa, sadhyas, Mantā, Prāṇa, Apāna, Vīrayān, Vibhu, Naya, Prabhu, Menaka, Rambha, Tilottama, Brahma, Kama, Anu, Antü, Urvaśī
- allied with
- Narayana
- aspect of
- Anunnaki
- syncretized with
- Tsovinar
- enemy of
- Indra
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (5)
Source passages
“the sage-brothers Nara and Narayana perform penance to please the creator god Brahma...Nara and Narayana assure Indra that they would not take his throne, and gift Urvashi to him.”
#8126 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Let Nara, [Napšara, Minki], and Ammunki listen! Let Ammezzadu [and ...], father and mother of [...], listen!”
#14987 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Nara”
#22393 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The second part is speculated to be related to Nara, a Hittite or Hurrian deity.”
#26846 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5