Suwaliyat
Šuwaliyat (nominative: Šuwaliyaz) is a Hittite god. In the old Ethite times he was worshiped at the KI.LAM festival together with the Hittite grain goddess Ḫalki . This could indicate that the nature of the Suwaliyat is similar to that of the Hittite vegetation god Telipinu , who makes the grain grow.
In the lists of sacrifices for the rounds of sacrifices in the temple of the weather god in the Hittite capital of Ḫattuša , Šuwaliyat is mentioned right next to the Damnaššara sphinxes who serve as gatekeepers . In the same context, he is also mentioned elsewhere in the plural form Šuwaliyateš. This could be an indication that Šuwaliyat is a guardian deity.
The Suwaliyat corresponds to the Hurrian god Tašmiš , the brother of the weather god Teššub (Hittite Tarḫunna ). As Tašmiš he is the wind or storm that accompanies the weather god in the Hurrian-Hittite "Singing around Ullikummi ". He is also the older brother and vizier of Teššub. In the Hurrian-Hittite myth, the sisters of Tašmiš are Šawuška and the river goddess Aranzaḫ ( Tigris ). In the Hurrian-Hittite "Song of the Release", the weather god and his brother visit the underworld goddess Allani (Hittite sun goddess of the earth ).
Šuwaliyat was also equated with the Mesopotamian gods Uraš and Ninurta .
literature
- Volkert Haas : Die Hittitische Literatur , Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin 2006, pages 132, 136, 150, 178 and 180, ISBN 978-3-11-018877-6
- Piotr Taracha : Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05885-8 .
- Volkert Haas , Heidemarie Koch : Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-51695-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 51.
- ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 55.
- ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 239.
- ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 55.