Teššup

Teššub with his wife Ḫebat, rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya .

Bronze statuette of Teššup

Teššub (in Ugarit : tṯb ) is the Hurrian weather god and the main god who heads the male gods in the Hittite-Hurrian kaluti lists .

myth

According to the myth of royalty in heaven , Teššub is the son of Kumarbi and grandson of Ane . He was born to Kumarbi after he bit off and swallowed his father's genitals. Teššup's wife is Ḫepat . Her son is Sarruma , also called Teššup's bull calf , and her daughter is Allanzu . Teššub rides in a cart pulled by the bulls Šerišu and Tilla (Šerri and Ḫurri). His vizier was Tenu .

Teššub is depicted standing on two mountain gods in the Yazılıkaya rock sanctuary , probably Namni and Ḫazzi . He wears a high crown of horns and a club over his shoulder. Together with Ḫepat he leads the processions of the male and female deities.

Part of the name

Teššub was an important god in the Mittani Empire and during the Hittite Empire and also appears in royal names, such as Tunip-Teššup of Tikunani . Several kings of Arrapḫa had Teššup in their name, as did Šilwa-Teššup from Nuzi . Teššup is also found in the names of scribes, such as Nai-Teššup, Turar-Teššup, son of Kel-Teššup, Tarmi-Teššup and Šilahi-Teššup from Nuzi, or the merchant Šilwa-Teššup.

literature

• Oliver R. Gurney : The Hittites . Penguin, Hammondsworth 1952.
• Einar von Schuler : Asia Minor: The Mythology of the Hittites and Hurrites - The main weather god. In: Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Hrsg.): Götter und Mythen im Vorderen Orient (= dictionary of mythology . First section: Die Alten Kulturvölker. Volume 1). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1965, pp. 208-212.
• Gernot Wilhelm : Basics of the history and culture of the Hurriter . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-534-08151-X .

Web links

• Daniel Schwemer:  Teššub. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ernest R. Lacheman: Nuzi Personal Names: Review Article. In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies , Volume 8/1, 1949, p. 49.
2. ↑ Thomas Richter: Notes on the Hurrian personal names of the hapiru prism from Tigunanu. In: Nuzi. Studies on the civilization and culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians . CDL Press, Bethesda 1998, ISBN 1-883053-26-9 , pp. 125 ff.