Ištuštaya and papaya

Ištuštaya and Papaya (also Ešduštaya and Papaya) are two originally Hattic goddesses of fate of the Hittite religion . They are referred to as underground and ancient goddesses.

The task of Ištuštaya and Papaya is to spin the thread of life , above all the never-ending thread of life of the Hittite great king , with the spindle and distaff . They determine the fate of every person at the moment of their birth. The two goddesses sit crouching at work in a forest on the shores of the Black Sea .

Ištuštaya and papaya were worshiped in the Hattic ritual together with the underground aspect of Eštan, the sun goddess of Arinna , in the ḫešta house .

Other Hittite goddesses of fate are the Gulšeš and the originally Hurrian Ḫudena Ḫudellura .

literature

• Volkert Haas : The Hittite literature. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-018877-5 .
• 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, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05885-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Piotr Tararcha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 50.
2. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 199.
3. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 199.
4. ↑ Piotr Tararcha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 77.
5. ↑ Piotr Tararcha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 50.
6. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 199.
7. ↑ Piotr Tararcha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 77.
8. ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Berlin 2006, p. 322.
9. ↑ Piotr Tararcha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 49 f.