Teshub
Teshub is a Hurrian deity who appears in a curse formula of the Hurrian king Tish-Atal of Urkesh alongside Belet Nagar, Lubadag, Šimige, and Nergal.
↻ synthesized from 10 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in inscription of Hurrian king Tish-Atal of Urkesh in curse formula.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Allatum, Annunitum, Nanaya, Belet-Šuḫnir, Belet-Terraban, Dagan, Lagamal, Ikshudum, Šarruma, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Sun goddess of Arinna, Pidray, Hipta, Ma, Hadda, Bēlet-Apim, Bēlet-Qaṭṭarā, Shalash, Allani, Sun goddess of the Earth, Kubaba, lamma, Ea, Minki, Ammunki, Napšara, Ammezzadu, Apandu, Ḫedammu, Upelluri, Eltara, Tiwaz, Sun god of Heaven, Ashtart, Nikkal, Šauška, Nupatik, Aštabi, Pišaišapḫi, Anat, Kušuḫ, Ea-šarri, Silver, Adad, Shala, Gibil, Ningal, Rammanu, Nanna/Sin, Utu/Shamash, Inanna/Ishtar, Dagānu, Amurru, Baal Zephon, Ištaran, Kumarbi, Ullikummi, Ḫalki, Ninlil, Nara, Enlil, Shamash, Hadad, Ninurta, Baalshamin, Horus, Amun, El
- syncretized with
- Tarḫunz, Jupiter Dolichenus, Terittitunni, Teisheba, Vahagn, Set, Baal, Iškur
- enemy of
- Kumarbi, Ullikummi, primeval deities
- sibling of
- Tašmišu
- child of
- divine ancestors, Kumarbi, Anu
Mentioned by
- Argaba
- Išḫara
- Nara
- Enlil
- Shamash
- Hadad
- Ninurta
- Baalshamin
- Horus
- Amun
- El
- Baal
- Iškur
- primeval deities
- divine ancestors
- Kumarbi
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“she appears alongside Hurrian deities Lubadag (Nupatik), Šimige and Teshub, as well as the Mesopotamian Nergal”
#9209 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“she will pray for Zimri-Lim to her and a weather god (dIŠKUR), possibly Teshub”
#9685 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“"Ugur of Teshub" appears in the kaluti (offering lists) dedicated to the circle of this god. In the standard kaluti of Teshub of Aleppo, he occurs on the twenty sixth position, before the "heroes of Teshub" and after Argaba, a figure also related to the weather god”
#13861 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In a fragment of a myth (KUB 33, 105: 10), Teshub states that he received wisdom from Nara.”
#15002 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In myths, Šimige often appears as one of the allies of Teshub...Later Šimige is the first among Teshub's allies to spot Ullikummi, and instantly arrives to share this information with him.”
#17393 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5