Tiwaz

deity sky Luwian single tradition · 4

In Luwian culture, the Sun-god Tiwaz is entitled "Tiwaz of the oath" ("ḫīrutallis dUTU-waza"), though his name is etymologically linked to the Proto-Indo-European sky deity *Dyḗws. The same "Tiwaz of the oath" surfaces in another Luwian inscription of the Kuwattalla tradition, in which the divinity is connected with the verb ḫīrutalli- ("to perjure"), perhaps indicating a belief that the Sun-god functioned as a witness to perjury. Within this same inscription, the god Tiwaz is described supervising a ritual alongside the Heaven and the Earth.

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When

First attested: 1900 BCE
Attested period: -1900 – 200
Historical notes: Luwian culture existed from the Late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age.

Relationships

co occurs with: Dius Fidius, Sun god of Heaven, Bunene, Lipparuma, Mišaru, Eyan, Kothar, Šiwini, Tušpuea, Tiyaz, Šiwat, Hapantali, Ilaliyanteš, Tiyaz, Sūrya, Sun goddess of Arinna, Tarḫunna, Sun goddess of the Earth, Shamash, Teshub, Ullikummi, Utu, Lugalbanda, Ḫepat, Nikkal, Ayu-Ikalti, Šauška, Aya, Ningal, Allani, Ea, Shapash, *Dyēus
syncretized with: Šimige
consort of: Kamrušepa
manifested by: Sun god of the Earth
allied with: Arma

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Sources

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Source passages

“In Luwian culture, the Sun-god Tiwaz is entitled "Tiwaz of the oath" ("ḫīrutallis dUTU-waza"), though his name is etymologically linked to the Proto-Indo-European sky deity *Dyḗws.”
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“while the Luwians originally worshipped the old Proto-Indo-European Sun god Tiwaz.”
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“The character of the Luwian sun god, Tiwaz, was influenced by Šimige as well”
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“The theonym Tiyaz is derived from the Indo-European root diēu(-ot)-, "(heavenly) light", and is a cognate of Luwian Tiwaz.”
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