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The name Ištanu is the Hittite form of the Hattian name Eštan and refers to the Sun goddess of Arinna. [dubious – discuss] [9] Earlier scholarship misunderstood Ištanu as the name of the male Sun god of the Heavens, [10] but more recent scholarship has held that the name is only used to refer to the Sun goddess of Arinna. [11]
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 city of Arinna, a day's march from Hattusa, was perhaps the major cult center of the Hittites, and certainly of their major sun goddess, known as d UTU URU Arinna "sun goddess of Arinna". [13] Records found in cult-inventories show that local cults and practices were also active. [9]
Goddess Thần Mặt Trời, [39] the embodiment of the sun, the daughter of Ông Trời, old sister of Thần Mặt Trăng, she and her sister have a husband who is a bear, when the Bear God wants to meet them, a solar or lunar eclipse will appear.
Arinitti, sun goddess of the city of Arinna, and the goddess of hearth fires, temple flames, and chthonic fires in later times. [26] Mesopotamian mythology.
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.
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The goddess Mušītu (d mu-ši-tu 4, d mu-ši-ti [179]), "night," [181] was worshiped in Emar. [178] According to Gary Beckman, her name most likely originates in a West Semitic language , [ 179 ] but Alfonso Archi notes it is possible she was a misunderstanding of the Hurrian theonym Mušuni. [ 180 ]