Kumarbi is the Hurrian god, son of Anu, and father of the Weather-God Teshub. The Hurrians (also Khurrites; cuneiform Ḫu-ur-ri 𒄷𒌨𒊑 were a people of the Ancient Near East, who lived in northern Mesopotamia In Sumerian mythology and later for Assyrians and Babylonians Anu (also An; (from Sumerian *An = sky heaven was a sky-god Teshub (also written Teshup) was the Hurrian god of sky and storm
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The Cycle of Kumarbi
The Kingship of Heaven
Kumarbi bit off the genitals of Anu and spat out three new gods. The Song of Kumarbi ( CTH 344 also Kingship in Heaven) is the title given to a Hittite version of the Hurrian Kumarbi myth In Sumerian mythology and later for Assyrians and Babylonians Anu (also An; (from Sumerian *An = sky heaven was a sky-god 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 the Teshub, Tigris and Tašmišu. Teshub (also written Teshup) was the Hurrian god of sky and storm The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great Rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern 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[1]. 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[2]. from the first publication of the Kingship in Heaven tablets[3] scholars have pointed out the similarities between the Hurrian creation myth and the story from Greek mythology of Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance Uranus (ˈjʊərənəs jʊˈreɪnəs is the Latinized form of Ouranos () the Greek word for Sky. Cronus or Kronos, ( Ancient Greek Κρόνος Krónos) was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, divine descendants Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology [4]
The Song of Ullikummi
The tablets of the Song of Ullikummi were first published by H. In Hurrian Mythology, Ullikummi is a giant stone monster son of Kumarbi and the sea god's daughter G. Güterbock in 1952.
Notes
- ^ Leick, Gwendolyn. Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology. Routledge: 1998. p. 106.
- ^ Hopkins, David. Ed. Across the Anatolian Plateau: Readings in the Archaeology of Ancient Turkey. American Schools of Oriental Research: 2001. pg. 112.
- ^ H. G. Güterbock, 1946. Kumarbi: Mythen um churritischen Kronos.
- ^ 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.
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