The mother goddess of the Hurrians. A mother goddess is a Goddess, often portrayed as the Earth Mother who serves as a general Fertility deity the bountiful embodiment of the Earth. The Hurrians (also Khurrites; cuneiform Ḫu-ur-ri 𒄷𒌨𒊑 were a people of the Ancient Near East, who lived in northern Mesopotamia Hebat also Kheba or Khepat, known as "the mother of all living", was the consort of Teshub and the mother of Sarruma. Teshub (also written Teshup) was the Hurrian god of sky and storm Sarruma or Sharruma is an originally Hurrian god who was adopted into the Hittite pantheon She was the daughter of a mortal, named Arm.
The name can be transliterated in different versions; Khebat with the ending -t is primarily the Syrian, and Ugaritic, version. The Ugaritic language, discovered by French archaeologists in 1928 is known only in the form of writings found in the lost city of Ugarit, near the modern The name written in cuneiform script allows the name to be pronounced with either /b/ or /p/, though in the Hurrian language Hepa is the most likely pronunciation. Hurrian is a conventional name for the language of the Hurrians (Khurrites a people who entered northern Mesopotamia around 2300 BC and had mostly The sound /h/ in cuneiform is in the modern literature sometimes transliterred as kh.
According to the excellent research of Christopher Siren, amongst the Hurrians Hebat was the matronly wife of the Storm-god, Teshub. The Hurrians (also Khurrites; cuneiform Ḫu-ur-ri 𒄷𒌨𒊑 were a people of the Ancient Near East, who lived in northern Mesopotamia Teshub (also written Teshup) was the Hurrian god of sky and storm Like Ishtar and other female divinities she is sometimes depicted standing on her sacred animal, the lion. Ishtar ( D IŠTAR 𒀭𒌋𒁯 is the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to After the Storm-god and Astabis' failed attacks on Ullikummis, the diorite giant son of Kumarbi and rock, forced her out of her temple, causing her to lose communication with the gods. In Hurrian Mythology, Ullikummi is a giant stone monster son of Kumarbi and the sea god's daughter Kumarbi is the Hurrian god son of Anu, and father of the Weather-God Teshub. She frets that Ullikummis may have defeated her husband and expresses her concern to her servant Takitis, charging him to convene the assembly of the gods and bring back word of her husband. Presumably she is brought word of his defeat. Tasmisus visits her in the high watchtower, telling her that the Storm-god is consigned to a 'lowly place' for a length of time. She is the mother of Sharruma, 'the calf of Teshub'. Sarruma or Sharruma is an originally Hurrian god who was adopted into the Hittite pantheon He was symbolized by a pair of human legs, or a human head on a bull's body (similar to those found in Nineveh). He is later identified with the Weather-god of Nerik and Zippalanda.
Later assimilated with Hebat was Wurusemu, (Wuruntemu?), 'Sun Goddess of Arinna', 'mistress of the Hatti lands, the queen of heaven and earth', 'mistress of the kings and queens of Hatti, directing the government of the King and Queen of Hatti'. Arinna was the major cult center of the Hittite sun goddess, known as dUTU URU Arinna "sun goddess of Arinna (Lycian Arñna She made the cedar land (Lebanon) and is the primary goddess in Arrina, the Hittite Heaven, with Taru as her consort. She was also a goddess of battle and is associated with Hittite military victory. Like Hebat she was the mother of the Storm-god, this time of Nerik, and thereby possibly associated with Ereshkigal in Sumerian Mythology. In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal ( D EREŠ. KI. GAL, lit She aids in returning the storm god from the underworld. Mezzullas was the daughter of the Storm-god and the Sun-goddess of Arinna, and in a number of stories is mentioned as influencing the counsel of parents. Zintuhis was the granddaughter of the Storm-god and the Sun-goddess of Arinna.
Khebat was venerated all over the ancient Near East. The Ancient Near East refers to early Civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq Her name appears in many personal names. A king of Jerusalem mentioned in the Amarna letters was named Abdi-Kheba or Abd-Hebat, possibly meaning "Servant of Hebat". Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the The Amarna letters (sometimes "Amarna correspondence" or "Amarna tablets" are an archive of correspondence on Clay tablets mostly diplomatic Abdi-Heba ( Abdi-Kheba, Abdi-Hepat or Abdi-Hebat) was king of Jerusalem (called Urusalim at that time during the Amarna period (mid-1330s
The mother goddess is likely to have had a later counterpart in the Phrygian goddess Cybele. Originally a Hittite and Phrygian Goddess, Cybele (Κυβέλη was a deification of the Earth Mother and was worshipped in
It has been suggested that the phonetic shift of B -> V, Heba became the Hebrew Chavvah, who appears in Genesis as Eve. In Genesis, Eve is the first woman the wife of Adam. God created her from Adam's rib as his helpmate
References
Christopher Siren [1]
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic