Tašmišu

Depiction of the god Tašmišu (far left) in the Hittite rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya . Right to Tašmišu is his brother Teššub and his family (wife Ḫepat , son Šarruma , daughter Allanzu and granddaughter (?) Kunzišalli ).

Tašmišu is a Hurrian god. He is a god of storms, epidemics and war.

In the Hurrian succession myth , the god Kumarbi overturns the king of the gods Anu and bites off his genitals in the process. As a result, Kumarbi unwittingly becomes pregnant with the gods Teššub , Tašmišu and Aranzaḫ . Therefore Tašmišu is the twin brother of the weather god Teššub, who also appears as his constant companion. Teššub overthrows his father, Kumarbi, and rises to become king of the gods himself. So Tašmišu can also be the vizier of Teššub. However, the god Tenu is also considered the vizier of Teššub. Tašmišu belongs among the deities who in the kaluti lists are beopfert together with the supreme god Teššub and is available in kaluti lists in the first place by Teššub and its many manifestations.

Tašmišu's partner is the goddess Nabarbi , who was worshiped in Taide on the upper Ḫabur . Nabarbi belongs to the circle of deities who are sacrificed in the kaluti lists together with the goddess Ḫepat , the wife of Teššub.

In the course of the Hittite practice of equating Hittite deities with Hurrian deities, Tašmišu and the Hittite god Suwaliyat were equated with each other. As a Šuwaliyat, Tašmišu was part of the state pantheon of the Hittite Empire and was also worshiped at the AN.TAḪ.ŠUM festival . Tašmišu is probably also depicted in the Hittite rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya . His partner Nabarbi can also be found in Yazılıkaya. While Tašmišu is represented in the row of the gods, Nabarbi is in the row of the goddesses.

literature

• Volkert Haas : The Hittite literature . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-11-018877-6 .
• 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

1. ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Berlin 2006, p. 132.
2. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 241.
3. ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Berlin 2006, p. 135.
4. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 121 f.
5. ↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Berlin 2006, p. 137 f.
6. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 55.
7. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 118.
8. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 121.
9. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 119.
10. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 55.
11. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 84.
12. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 102.
13. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 95.