- Kumarbi
Kumarbi is the
Hurrian god, son ofAnu , and father of the Weather-GodTeshub .The Cycle of Kumarbi
The Kingship of Heaven
Kumarbi bit off the genitals of
Anu and spat out three new gods. This is related in the Hittite myth "Kingship in Heaven":Alalu was overthrown by Anu who was in turn overthrown by Kumarbi. When Anu tried to escape Kumarbi bites off his genitals. Anu tells his son that he is now pregnant with theTeshub ,Tigris andTašmišu . Upon hearing this Kumarbi spit the semen upon the ground and it became impregnated with two children. Kumarbi becomes pregnant and is cut open to deliver Tešub. Together, Anu and Teshub depose Kumarbi [Leick, Gwendolyn. "Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology". Routledge: 1998. p. 106.] . In another version of the "Kingship in Heaven", the three gods, Alalu, Anu and Kumarbi, rule heaven each serving the one who precedes him in the nine-year reign. It is Kumarbi's son Tešub, the Weather-God, who begins to conspire to overthrow his father [Hopkins, David. Ed. "Across the Anatolian Plateau: Readings in the Archaeology of Ancient Turkey." American Schools of Oriental Research: 2001. pg. 112.] . from the first publication of the "Kingship in Heaven" tablets [H.G.Güterbock, 1946. "Kumarbi: Mythen um churritischen Kronos".] scholars have pointed out the similarities between the Hurrian creation myth and the story fromGreek mythology of Uranus,Cronus , andZeus . [M.L. West, "Hesiod Theogony" (1966:18-31; G.S. Kirk, "Myth: Its Meaning and Function in Ancient and Other Cultures" (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1970:214-20.]The Song of Ullikummi
The tablets of the "Song of Ullikummi" were first published by H.G.Güterbock in 1952.
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Hurrian mythology Notes
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