Allanzu

Depiction of the goddesses Allanzu and Kunzišalli with their family in the Hittite rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya. From left to right these are: Tašmiš (brother of Teššup), Teššup, Ḫepat, Šarruma and Allanzu and Kunzišalli standing on an eagle.

Allanzu is a Hurrian goddess who was also worshiped by the Hittites .

Allanzu is the daughter of the supreme Hurrian gods Teššub and Ḫepat and sister of the god Šarruma . The entire family of gods is represented in the Hittite rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya . She is a member of her mother Ḫepat's kaluti circle . This kaluti circle names deities who receive offerings together.

Allanzu and her mother Ḫepat formed a pair of gods, who were worshiped as a unit and were otherwise one of her closest companions. Allanzu was nicknamed "girl".

The goddess Allanzu was also worshiped in a doubling as Alanzunni deities. The Alanzunni were seen as helpers in need of the people who intercede with the god Sarruma.

Allanzu was still venerated in the Neo-Hittite period. Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions call them Ala (n) zuwa in the name form. She is always mentioned together with Sarruma.

Kunzišalli

Kunzišalli is an insignificant goddess who is always named after Allanzu in the kaluti sacrificial lists. A cult in Ankuwa is documented for them. Similar to Allanzu, whose sister she may have been, she was listed as the double deity Ḫepat-Kunzišalli.

literature

• Volkert Haas : History of the Hittite Religion . Hdo 15 (1994). ISBN 90-04-09799-6 .
• Maciej Popko : Peoples and Languages ​​of Old Anatolia . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-447-05708-0 .
• Piotr Taracha : Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05885-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 94.
2. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 118 f.
3. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 128.
4. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 233.
5. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 116.
6. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 244.
7. ↑ Volkert Haas: History of the Hittite Religion . Hdo 15 (1994). ISBN 90-04-09799-6 . P. 387f.