Sun goddess of the Earth
The Sun goddess of the Earth appears alongside the primeval deities in Hittite sources. She was identified with Allani.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Hurrian era
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tiwaz, Sun god of Heaven, Tarḫunna/Teššub, Šuwaliyat/Tašmišu, Shapash, Eyan, Kothar, Šiwini, Tušpuea, Sun god of the Earth, Arsay, Ḫalki, Iyarri, Teshub, Kumarbi, primeval deities, Sun goddess of Arinna, Tarḫunna, Šimige, Ayu-Ikalti, Aya, Ea, Išḫara, Allatum, Hutena, Hutellura, Dagan
- syncretized with
- Ereshkigal, Lelwani, Allani
- consort of
- Šulinkatte, Weather god of the Heavens
- parent of
- Weather god of Zippalanda, Weather god of Nerik
- allied with
- Šanta
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In Hittite sources, they might instead appear alongside the Sun goddess of the Earth, who was identified with her.”
#14950 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In addition to the Sun goddess of Arinna, the Hittites also worshipped the Sun goddess of the Earth”
#16192 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Sun goddess of the Earth (Hattian: Wurušemu, Hittite: taknaš dUTU, Luwian: tiyamaššiš Tiwaz) was the Hittite goddess of the underworld. Her Hurrian equivalent was Allani and her Sumerian/Akkadian equivalent was Ereshkigal, both of which had a marked influence on the Hittite goddess from an early date”
#16212 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“another of the Anatolian solar deities, the Sun goddess of the Earth, was not considered analogous to Šimige, but rather to Allani, the Hurrian goddess of the underworld”
#17372 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the Hittite and Hurrian religions the Sun goddess of the Earth played an important role in the death cult and was understood to be the ruler of the world of the dead.”
#17507 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001