Namni and Ḫazzi
Namni and Ḫazzi are two holy mountains belonging to the Hurrian weather god Teššub . In the kaluti lists of sacrifices they are named after the two bulls Šeri and Ḫurri .
The mountain Ḫazzi can be equated with the ancient mountain Kasion (Κάσιον) and the Ugaritic Ṣapanu (ṣpn), today's Keldağ . Ṣapanu was the seat of the Ugarite weather god Ba'alu . As Zeus Kasios , the weather god cult lived on until ancient times. In the Hurrian myth of the rock demon Ullikummi , the weather god Teššub climbed the mountain Ḫazzi with his siblings Tašmišu and Šauška to look at Ullikummi growing out of the sea.
The mountain Namni, also called Nanni ( ugarit . Nny), cannot be localized and is equated either with the Antikasios southwest of the Kasion or with Lebanon ; the Amanus is also discussed. He was also known in Ugarit and was named next to the Ṣapanu.
In the Hittite rock sanctuary Yazılıkaya , Teššub stands on two bowed mountain gods, possibly representing the mountain couple. The rock relief of Imamkullu is similar , where the two mountain gods are in turn carried by two hybrid beings.
literature
- Gernot Wilhelm : Namni, Nanni. In: Dietz Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 9, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1998-2001, ISBN 3-11-017296-8 , p. 140.