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Category: Anatolian deities. ... Luwian gods (14 P) P. Phrygian deities (2 C) Pages in category "Anatolian deities" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of ...
Bust of Mēn. (Museum of Anatolian Civilizations) Mēn (Greek: Μήν "month; Moon", presumably influenced by Avestan måŋha) was a lunar god worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia. He is attested in various localized variants, such as Mēn Askaenos in Antioch in Pisidia, or Mēn Pharnakou at Ameria in Pontus.
The Dark Gods were not only associated with deities having negative roles, and in the ritual text KBo 34.48 they were associated with the Tutelary God of the Hunting Bag to eliminate evil, although these deities had different roles, since the performers of the ritual sought, during it, to obtain favour from the Tutelary God of the Hunting Bag ...
Though drawing on ancient Mesopotamian religion, the religion of the Hittites and Luwians retains noticeable elements of reconstructed Proto-Indo-European mythology.For example, Tarhunt, the god of thunder and his conflict with the serpent Illuyanka resembles the conflict between Indra and the cosmic serpent Vritra in Vedic mythology, or Thor and the serpent Jörmungandr in Norse mythology.
Taru was a weather god worshiped in ancient Anatolia by Hattians.He was associated with the bull, and could be depicted in the form of this animal. It is presumed that the names of the Hittite and Luwian weather gods, Tarḫunna and Tarḫunz, while etymologically Indo-European, were meant to resemble Taru's as a result of Hattian cultural influence on other cultures of the region.
Lews (Lydian: 𐤩𐤤𐤥𐤮) or Lefs (Lydian: 𐤩𐤤𐤱𐤮) was the Lydian equivalent of the Greek god Zeus (Ζευς) and the Phrygian god Tiws. [8] [9] Unlike the Anatolian storm-god Tarḫuntas, Lews held a less prominent role in the Lydian religion, [9] although his role as the bringer of rain followed the tradition surrounding the ...
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Tarḫunna was the chief god of the Hittites and is depicted at the front of a long line of male gods in rock reliefs at the sanctuary of Yazılıkaya. There he is depicted as a bearded man with a pointed cap and a sceptre, standing on the backs of the mountain gods Namni and Ḫazzi and holding a three-pronged thunderbolt in his hand. Later ...