Pišaišapḫi

Pišaišapḫi or Ḫatni Pišaišapḫi (in Ugarit : pḏḏpḫ ) was a Hurrian mountain god. He is depicted in the Hittite rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya . In the Hurrian kaluti victim lists , he is usually named after Ḫešui and before the pair heaven-earth.

It was named after the Pišaiša mountain, which can be located somewhere in Syria, as it is invoked as the oath god together with the Lablana mountain ( Lebanon ). A hurrito Syrian myth tells how the sexually aroused mountain approaches the sleeping goddess Ištar . The goddess wakes up and is angry with the god who bows down in fear and asks for forgiveness. The outcome of the myth is unknown.

literature

• Einar von Schuler : Asia Minor. The mythology of the Hittites and Hurrites. In: Hans Wilhelm Haussig , Dietz Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Götter und Mythen im Vorderen Orient (= dictionary of mythology . Department 1: The ancient cultures. Volume 1). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1965, pp. 141-215.