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Hayya was the Hurrian spelling of the name of the Mesopotamian god of wisdom Ea, [48] who most likely was incorporated into Hurrian religion in the Sargonic period. [71] He was referred to with his Akkadian epithets, such as "lord of wisdom," and played the same role as in Mesopotamia in Hurrian sources. [ 48 ]
Hurrian primeval deities were regarded as an early generation of gods in Hurrian mythology. A variety of Hurrian, Hittite and Akkadian labels could be used to refer to them. They were believed to inhabit the underworld, where they were seemingly confined by Teshub. Individual texts contain a variety of different listings of primeval deities ...
Foundation tablet. Dedication to God Nergal by Hurrian king Atalshen, king of Urkish and Nawar, Habur Bassin, circa 2000 BC. Louvre Museum AO 5678. "Of Nergal the lord of Hawalum, Atal-shen, the caring shepherd, the king of Urkesh and Nawar, the son of Sadar-mat the king, is the builder of the temple of Nergal, the one who overcomes opposition.
The Hurrian month names in Nuzi were Impurtanni, Arkuzzi, Kurilli, Šeḫali ša d IM (the logogram stands for the name of the god Teššub, while šeḫali might mean "festival"), Šeḫali ša Nergal, Attanašwe, Šeḫlu (followed by a month whose name is not preserved), Ḫuru, Mitirunni (mitirunnu was a festival involving a parade of ...
Multiple romanizations of the name Teshub are in use in Assyriological and Hittitological literature, including Teššub, [1] Tešub, [2] Teššob [3] and Teššop. [4] The transcription of the voiceless sibilants is a modern convention which reflects the common cuneiform spellings of the name, but writings with not only š, but also s and ṯ are all attested in various scripts. [5]
Pages in category "Hurrian deities" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. ... Tenu (god) Teshub; Tilla (deity) U. Ugur (god) Uršui
Šeri and Ḫurri were a pair of theriomorphic Hurrian gods who almost always appear together in known sources. They were believed to pull the chariot of Teššub, the Hurrian weather god. Šeri additionally could function as a deity mediating between petitioners and his master, but no individual role was ever assigned to Ḫurri.
Other Hurrian texts refer to her as Ninuwawi, "she of Nineveh," or Ninuvaḫi, "the Ninevite." [22] The association is also present in Mesopotamian texts: these from the Ur III period label her as ni-nu-a-kam, "of Nineveh," [10] while an Old Babylonian god list from Uruk mentions her under the name d INANNA ni-nu-a. [9]