God of fortune. Hittite and Hurrian.
Also associated with hunting, he is symbolized by a double eagle carrying prey in its talons.
Continue reading “Rundas”God of fortune. Hittite and Hurrian.
Also associated with hunting, he is symbolized by a double eagle carrying prey in its talons.
Continue reading “Rundas”Mother goddess. Hittite and Hurrian. Described as the “great mother.” In the legend of TELEPINU, the missing god, she sends a bee to locate him.
Solar deity. Hittite and Hurrian. May have taken androgynous form, but also identified as the consort of the weather god TESˇUB. Probably the head of the Hittite state pantheon. There is little detail because the religious center of Arinna is known only from texts. The sun goddess was also perceived to be a paramount chthonic or earth goddess.