Ḫašammeli
Ḫašammeli was the Hittite , Luwian and palaische gods blacksmith Hatti origin.
Name variants
A first reference to this god can be found in the male name Ḫazamil, which was used in the 18th century BC. In Kaneš . The god was sometimes named without the hattic masculine marker / -l / Ḫašmaiu.
Tasks, cult, myth
Ḫašammeli was a god connected to the house and yard, who also protected children.
He was often mentioned in lists of sacrifices together with the gods moon ( Arma ), star and night ( Išpant ), who may be identified with those brothers of the god whom the frost demon ḪaḪima wants to spare in the myth, since he calls them "father brothers" .
Great King Muršili II thanked Ḫašammeli in his annals for a victory over the country Piggainarešša as a result of a nighttime surprise attack, after Ḫašammeli had hidden the Great King on behalf of the weather god Tarḫunna .
Pašamili is in fifth place in Palai gods lists, after the Ilaliyantikeš and before Kamama .
literature
- Volkert Haas : The Hittite literature. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-018877-5 , pp. 81, 119.
- Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch : Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-51695-9 .
- Piotr Taracha : Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05885-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Piotr Tararcha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 36.
- ↑ Piotr Tararcha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 27.
- ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Berlin 2006, p. 350.
- ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Berlin 2006, p. 119.
- ↑ Piotr Tararcha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 43.
- ↑ Piotr Tararcha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 30.
- ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Berlin 2006, p. 119.
- ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Berlin 2006, p. 119.
- ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Berlin 2006, p. 81.