Tarḫunna
deity sky Hittite single tradition · 3
Tarḫunna was one of the main Hittite deities. In some cases, Kammamma is listed in hierarchically arranged lists directly after Tarḫunna and the sun goddess of Arinna.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1700 BCE
- Attested period
- -1700 – -1100
- Historical notes
- Attested in the Old Hittite period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Pirwa, Kataḫzipuri, Ziparwa, Ḫilanzipa, Gulzannikeš, Uliliyantikeš, Sun goddess of the Earth, Tiwaz, Sun god of Heaven, Zintuḫi, Iyarri, Sandas, Dark Gods, Heptad, Ḫalki, Telepinu, Kattaḫḫa, Ḫasammili, Kammamma
- parent of
- Telipinu, Mezulla, Weather god of Nerik, Weather god of Zippalanda
- consort of
- Sun goddess of Arinna
- allied with
- Sun goddess of Arinna
- syncretized with
- Teššub, Tork Angegh
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Kammamma is listed in hierarchically arranged lists directly after Tarḫunna and the sun goddess of Arinna, the main Hittite deities.”
#11814 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“From the Hittite Old Kingdom, the Sun goddess of Arinna legitimised the authority of the king, in conjunction with the weather god Tarḫunna. The land belonged to the two deities and they established the king”
#16207 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The festival itself involved favourable deities, such as Tarḫunna, Telepinu, Kattaḫḫa, Ḫalki and Ḫasammili, and during it the priests of the Dark Gods, of Telepinu and of Kattaḫḫa acted together.”
#39584 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001