- Tarḫunz (stem:
Tarḫunt-) was the
weather god and
chief god of the Luwians, a
people of
Bronze Age and
early Iron Age Anatolia. He is
closely ****ociated...
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elements of
reconstructed Proto-Indo-European mythology. For example,
Tarhunt, the god of
thunder and his
conflict with the
serpent Illuyanka resembles...
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close relatives of the Luwians. The
Luwian pantheon changed over time.
Tarhunt, Tiwad, Arma, Runtiya, and Šanta can be
pointed to as the
typical Luwian...
- (and Hurrian) mythology, a
triple thunderbolt was one
symbol of
Teshub (
Tarhunt). In
Vedic religion (and
later Hindu mythology) the god
Indra is the god...
- of the wild
animals of the
steppe and
daughter of the Storm-god Teshub/
Tarhunt. She
corresponds to the "potnia theron" of Gr**** mythology,
better known...
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clear Anatolian roots include Οαδας Oadas, Τροκονδας
Trokondas (cf.
Luwian Tarḫunt,
Lycian 𐊗𐊕𐊌𐊌𐊑𐊗 Trqqñt), Κουδεις
Koudeis (cf.
Lycian Kuwata), and...
-
proposed that the name
could be
related to the name of the
Luwian storm god
Tarhunt,
though this
connection has been
dismissed by
other researchers such as...
-
equivalent to the
Hurrian storm god
Teshub and the
Hittite storm god,
Tarhunt.
Canaanite divinities seem to have been
almost identical in form and function...
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meaning "[he] slew the serpent". In
Hittite mythology, the
storm god
Tarhunt slays the
giant serpent Illuyanka, as does the
Vedic god
Indra the multi-headed...
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clearly discerned.
Storm gods were
prominent in the
Hittite pantheon.
Tarhunt (Hurrian's Teshub) was
referred to as 'The Conqueror', 'The king of Kummiya'...
