Zaliyanu

Zaliyanu or Zalinu is a hattischer mountain god of the city Kaštama that near the Hittite cult city Nerik was. He also assigns the rain, and when it rains in Nerik, they bring Zaliyanu a thick bread. Because the grain yield is large due to its rain, it is estimated to be higher than the weather god of Nerik .

At the purulliya festival , he, his wife Zašḫapuna and his lover Tazzuwašši were brought to Nerik in a pageant. Once there, a lot determines that Zaliyanu is greater than the other gods and he is placed on the diorite chair above the fountain.

literature

• Volkert Haas : History of the Hittite religion (= Handbook of Oriental Studies . Volume 1.15). Brill, Leiden 1994, ISBN 978-9-004-09799-5 .