Arinna was the major cult center of the Hittite sun goddess, known as dUTU URUArinna "sun goddess of Arinna (Lycian Arñna, Greek Xanthos)". The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family and established "Sun god" redirects here For the Ramsey Lewis album see Sun Goddess (album. Xanthos ( Lycian: Arñna, Greek: Ξάνθος was the name of a city in ancient Lycia, the site of present day Kınık, She is one of three important solar deities of the Hittite pantheon, besides UTU nepisas "the sun of the sky" and UTU taknas "the sun of the earth".
Her consort was the weather god, Teshub; she, her consort and her children were all derived from the former Hatti pantheon. Teshub (also written Teshup) was the Hurrian god of sky and storm
The goddess was also perceived to be a paramount chthonic or earth goddess. She becomes largely syncretised with the Hurrian goddess Hebat. The Mother goddess of the Hurrians. Hebat also Kheba or Khepat, known as "the mother of all living" was the consort of Teshub
In the late 14th century BC, King Mursili II was particularly devoted to the sun goddess of Arinna. Mursili II (also spelled Mursilis II) was a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom ca
Literature
- Hans G. Güterbock, An Addition to the Prayer of Muršili to the Sungoddess and Its Implications, Anatolian Studies (1980).
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