Karzi

Karzi is the name of a Hittite protective deity who is usually mentioned in lists of oaths after the protective deity of Ḫatti and before Ḫapantali . At the beginning of the AN.TAḪ.ŠUM festival, these three deities receive a sheep offering together. Karzi and Ḫapantali were also worshiped together in the city of Ḫattarina. Karzi found its way into the cult of the Ištar of Šamuḫa .

Possibly the relief 32 in the Hittite rock sanctuary represents Yazılıkaya Karzi. The Hurrian god Nubadig is also suggested .

Individual evidence

^ Kurt Bittel & al .: The Hittite rock sanctuary Yazilikaya . Berlin 1975. p. 175
^ Piotr Taracha : Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05885-8 . P. 95

literature

Heinrich Otten : Karzi. In: Dietz Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 5, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1976–1980, ISBN 3-11-007192-4 , p. 459.

[1] Kurt Bittel & al .: The Hittite rock sanctuary Yazilikaya . Berlin 1975. p. 175

[2] Piotr Taracha : Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05885-8 . P. 95