- In
Hittite mythology,
Illuyanka was a
serpentine dragon slain by Tarḫunz (dIM), the
Hittite incarnation of the
Hurrian god of sky and storm. It is known...
- who
lures Illuyanka from his lair with a banquet,
thereby enabling Tarhunna to
surprise and kill
Illuyanka. In the
other version Illuyanka steals the...
- theron" of Gr**** mythology,
better known as Artemis.
After the
dragon Illuyanka wins an
encounter with the
storm god, the
latter asks
Inara to give a...
- via Anatolia. In the
Hittite version of the myth, the
dragon is
called Illuyanka: the illuy- part is
cognate to the word illa, and the -anka part is cognate...
- god Tarḫunna
slays Illuyanka. The
contest is a
ritual of the
Hattian spring festival of Puruli.
According to Katz (1998),
Illuyanka's name is
probably a...
-
other mythologies perhaps linked to the
Tiamat myth include: the
Hittite Illuyanka myth; the Gr**** lore of Apollo's
killing of the
Python as a necessary...
- some
cases thought to be a god of
chaos Eris
Hydra (mythology)
Typhon Illuyanka Vritra Angra Mainyu,
Zoroastrian god of evil and
opposed to
Ahura Mazda...
- Song of Hedammu, the Baal cycle, the
Illuyanka myth, and the
Astarte papyrus. In the Song of
Hedammu and the
Illuyanka Myth the sea acts as a sort of breeding...
- In
Hittite mythology, the
storm god
Tarhunt slays the
giant serpent Illuyanka, as does the
Vedic god
Indra the multi-headed
serpent Vritra,
which has...
- of the
Puruli festival is
dedicated to the
destruction of the
dragon Illuyanka by the
storm god Teshub. The
corresponding ****yrian
festival is the Akitu...
