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Possible depiction of a Sun goddess with a child; 15–13th BCE. 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.
Sulis, British goddess whose name is related to the common Proto-Indo-European word for "Sun" and thus cognate with Helios, Sól, Sol, and Surya and who retains solar imagery, as well as a domain over healing and thermal springs. Probably the de facto solar deity of the Celts.
It is also possible that the Hittite Sun god of Heaven was patterned after him, or was outright the same deity. [30] A god with a cognate name, Šiwini, was also present in the pantheon of Urartu. [42] Kušuḫ Umbu [20] Kuzina , [45] Šuriniwe [46] Hurrian [47] Sin (Mesopotamian), [48] Yarikh (Ugaritic), [49] Arma (Anatolian) [50]
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.
He ruled over the heavens and the mountains. Thus it was Tarḫunna who decided whether there would be fertile fields and good harvests, or drought and famine and he was treated by the Hittites as the ruler of the gods. [8] Tarḫunna legitimised the position of the Hittite king, who ruled the land of Hatti in the name of the gods. [9]
Aruna (Hittite mythology) Aškašepa; Aštabi; D. Dark Gods (Anatolian) E. ... Sun god of Heaven; Sun goddess of Arinna; Sun goddess of the Earth; Šuwaliyat; T ...
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 ]