Ullikummi
Ullikummi is a stone giant who threatened the gods in Hurrian-Hittite mythology. The god Ea commanded the Former Gods to find the ancient weapon that separated heaven from earth, which they used to cut off Ullikummi's feet.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -1000
- Historical notes
- Appears in Hurrian-Hittite myths from the mid to late second millennium BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Aduntarri, Zulki, Irpitia, Ammunki, Napšara, Ammezzadu, Apandu, Ḫedammu, Upelluri, Eltara, Tiwaz, Sun god of Heaven, Silver, Tašmišu, Nara, Lelwani, Api, Minki, Amunki, Namšara, Išḫara, Allani, Kubaba, lamma, Ninlil, Shamash, Enlil, El, Anu, Dagan, Shalash, Ištaran, Kumarbi
- child of
- Kumarbi
Mentioned by
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“In one myth, the gods are threatened by the stone giant Ullikummi, so Ea (the later name for Enki) commands the Former Gods to find the weapon that was used to separate the heavens from the earth.”
#14917 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the Song of Ullikummi, Ea requests the primeval deities to bring him a tool which long ago was used to separate haven from earth, which he subsequently uses to separate Ullikummi from the shoulder of Upelluri.”
#15000 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He is first mentioned by Kumarbi while he plans where to hide the eponymous monster...Later Šimige is the first among Teshub's allies to spot Ullikummi, and instantly arrives to share this information with him.”
#17396 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In myths dealing with the conflict between them Kumarbi fathers various enemies meant to supplant the weather god, such as the stone giant Ullikummi.”
#39090 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001