- Aruna (Hittite mythology)
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Aruna Sea god World the sea Parents Kamrusepa Aruna is a sea god in Hittite mythology, a son of the healing and magic goddess Kamrusepa.[1] Aruna is also the Hittite word for "sea", and like Kamrusepa may also refer to the god of the sea.
Name
Various origins of this name are proposed. It could be the name of the Vedic god Varuna and have entered the Hittite vocabulary through Mitanni influence. It could also be a reconstruction of the Indo-European mori or Greek words for Black Sea, μόρυχος. A Hattic origin through the place name Arianna has also been suggested. A connection with Indo-European er-, or- (‘stir, move’), and thus with Sanskrit arṇava is believed to be the most likely origin.[2]
Notes
- ^ Miller, Molly (1971). The thalassocracies. Albany, N.Y: State University of New York Press. pp. p163. ISBN 0-87395-062-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=-sLns-0eV-wC&pg=PA163&dq=Aruna+Kamrusepa&ei=VquHSNu3LZHiiwGZ8LzoAQ&sig=ACfU3U0JqeIeo7HgJYLeyWGixflklXLUJQ.
- ^ David Michael Weeks. (1985). Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck’s Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, PhD dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. PDF
See also
- Hittite mythology
- Hurrian mythology
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