Tešimi

Tešimi is a Hittite goddess of Hattic origin and is the lover of various deities. Another deity appearing as a concubine is Tazzuwašši or Zuwaši.

Surname

The Hattic name contains the basic word t / šimme of unknown meaning, whereby the alternate spelling with / š / or / t / denotes a dental or palatal sound that cannot be precisely determined . The prefix ta = and the ending = t mark the female gender. The following forms of the name have been handed down: Tešimi-, Tašimi-, Tašamet-, Tašimmet- and Timmet-. Tašammat-, which can occur together with Tašimmet- is to be kept away from it. The name is also written with the Akkadogram IŠTAR or the sumerogram ^DINGIR NIN.É.GAL "Lady of the Palace".

Essence

Tešimi is the lover of the weather god of Nerik in his cult city Nerik . As a concubine of this god, she is also written with the sumerogram ^DINGIR NIN.É.GAL. When the weather god of Nerik leaves people in autumn, after the harvest or in phases of drought, he sleeps in the lap of his beloved Tešimi and dreams sweet dreams. In addition, Tešimi in Nerik is also associated with the god Telipinu .

Tašimi is the concubine of Liḫzina's weather god . Tašimmeti or Timmet is the lover of another unspecified weather god. She could be a source goddess. Since her name is also referred to as “Queen Ištar”, her place among the goddesses of love becomes clear.

The two Hattic goddesses Tašammat and Tašimmet are among the deities who are worshiped together with the underworld god Lelwani in the ḫešta house .

Tazzuwašši

As Tazzuwašši , the goddess is the lover and co-sleeper of the mountain and vegetation god Zaliyanu , while his wife is called Zašḫapuna . These three deities are worshiped in both Kaštama and Tanipiya . Tazzuwašši could be a deified spring.

literature

• Volkert Haas : History of the Hittite religion (= Handbook of Oriental Studies . Sect. 1 The Nahe and the Middle East. Vol. 15). Brill, Leiden et al. 1994, ISBN 978-9-004-09799-5 .
• 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. ^ BHL van Gessel: Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon . BdO Vol. 33.1 (1998), 455-458, 520. ISBN 90-04-10809-2
2. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 104.
3. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 56.
4. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 234.
5. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 235.
6. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 56.
7. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 56.
8. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 236.
9. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 56.
10. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 49.
11. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 49.