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The Sun goddess of Arinna, also sometimes identified as Arinniti or as Wuru(n)šemu, [1] is the chief Goddess of Hittite mythology. Her companion is the weather god Tarḫunna . She protected the Hittite kingdom and was called the "Queen of all lands."
Arinna was located near Hattusa, the Hittite capital. [2] The Sun-Goddess of Arinna is the most important one of three important solar deities of the Hittite pantheon, besides d UTU nepisas 'the sun of the sky' and d UTU taknas 'the sun of the earth'. She was considered to be the chief deity in some sources, in place of her husband.
The Sun goddess of the Earth (Hittite: taknaš d UTU, Luwian: tiyamaššiš Tiwaz) was the Hittite goddess of the underworld.Her Hurrian equivalent was Allani and her Sumerian/Akkadian equivalent was Ereshkigal, both of which had a marked influence on the Hittite goddess from an early date. [1]
For example, the Hittites believed the Bronze Age cult centre of Nerik, [17] to the north of the capitals Hattusa and Sapinuwa, was sacred to a local storm god who was the son of Wurusemu, sun goddess of Arinna. The weather god there was identified with Mount Zaliyanu, near Nerik, and was responsible for arranging for rain for the city's croplands.
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Sun goddess of Arinna (Hittite), [36] Pidray (Ugaritic) [37] [38] Ḫepat was the wife of the head of the Hurrian pantheon, Teššub. [35] She was initially the wife of the storm god of Halab (Aleppo), Hadad. [20]
Tarḫunna is the partner of the Sun goddess of Arinna.Their children are the gods Telipinu and Kammamma, [11] the goddesses Mezulla [12] and Inara, [11] the Weather god of Zippalanda and the Weather god of Nerik.