Tarḫunz
Tarḫunz was a Luwian weather god who was paired with Ḫepat in Tabal in the eighth century BCE. This pairing reflected the development of a new tradition presumably dependent on considering him analogous to Teshub. He also appears alongside Ḫipatu in inscriptions from Carchemish in the first millennium BCE.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Paired with Ḫepat in Tabal in the eighth century BCE and attested in Carchemish inscriptions in the first millennium BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Šarruma, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Sun goddess of Arinna, Pidray, Hipta, Ma, Hadda, Shala, Ashtart, Bēlet-Apim, Bēlet-Qaṭṭarā, Tanit, Teššub, Ḥawwat, Shekhinah, Sun god of Heaven, weather god with the Luwian epithet puttalimmi, Arma, Tiwad, Ziwana, Kamrušepa, Šanta, Iyarri, Maliya, Adad, Baal, Hadad, Asherah
- syncretized with
- Teshub
- consort of
- Ḫepat
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In Tabal in the eighth century BCE Ḫepat was paired with the Luwian weather god Tarḫunz, which reflected the development of a new tradition presumably dependent on considering him analogous to Teshub.”
#9646 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“According to Piotr Taracha, while there was no single Luwian pantheon, attestations of him are known from all areas inhabited by Luwians, similarly as in the case of major deities such as Tarḫunz, Arma, Tiwad, Iyarri, Kamrušepa or Maliya.”
#22750 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Tarḫunz of the Luwians of Anatolia”
#25702 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“comparable in importance to Tarḫunz, Tiwad, Arma, Maliya, Šanta or Kamrušepa.”
#39604 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001