Hittite Deities - Hittite Deities

Hittite Deities

• A'as - god of wisdom, derived from the Mesopotamian god Enki
• Alalus - primordial entity
• Arinna - sun goddess and consort of Tarhunt
• Arinniti - sun goddess, possibly another name for Arinna. In the late 14th century BC, King Mursili II was particularly devoted to Arinniti.
• Arma - minor moon god
• Aruna, god of the sea and son of Kamrusepa
• Aserdus - goddess of fertility and wife of Elkunirsa
• Elkunirsa - creator god and husband of Aserdus
• Ellel - god of the sky. He is invoked in state treaties as a protector of oaths.
• Halki - god of grain
• Hannahannah - mother goddess
• Hanwasuit - goddess of sovereignty
• Hapantali - pastors goddess
• Hasameli - god of metalworkers and craftsmen
• Hatepuna - daughter of the sea
• Huttellurra - collective of midwifery goddesses
• Hittite sea god
• Inar - god of woods and fields
• Hutena - goddesses of fate, similar to the Moirai
• Inara - goddess of the wild animals of the steppe
• Irsirra - collective of midwifery goddesses
• Ishara - goddess of oaths and love
• Istanu - god of the sun and of judgement
• Istustaya and Papaya - goddesses of destiny
• Jarri - god of plague and pestilence, "Lord of the Bow"
• Kamrusepa - goddess of healing, medicine and magic
• Kaskuh (Kaškuḫ; Kašku) - god of the moon. The Luwian peoples called him Arma.
• Khipa - tutelary deity
• Kurunta - god of wild animals and hunting
• Lelwani - goddess of the underworld
• Pirwa - deity of uncertain nature
• Rundas - god of the hunt and good fortune
• Sandas - lion god
• Sarruma - god of the mountains, son of Teshub and Hebat
• Šauška - goddess of fertility, war and healing
• Sutekh - weather god, possibly another name for Teshub
• Suwaliyat - brother of Teshub
• Tawara - collective of nursery goddesses
• Telepinu - god of farming
• Teshub - god of the sky, weather and storms
• Tilla - bull god
• Upelluri - god of dreaming
• Wurrukatte - god of war
• Zababa - god of war, possibly another name for Wurrukatte