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Hittite Goddesses

6 goddesses of the Hittite Pantheon in the atlas, with the domains each entry lists, most prominent first.

  • Sun-goddess of Arinna

    Sun · Kingship · Protection of the Hittite State

    The Hattian sun-goddess of the holy city of Arinna, queen of the land of Hatti and, with the Storm-god, the highest deity of the Hittite state cult; Queen Puduhepa's prayer equates her with the Hurrian goddess Hebat.

  • Hannahanna

    Birth · Motherhood · Wise Counsel

    The Hittite mother goddess, 'the Grandmother', who when every other god has failed sends a bee to find the missing Telipinu.

  • Inara

    Wild Animals · Protection · Hunt

    A Hattian goddess of the wild who helps the Storm-god defeat the serpent Illuyanka by laying out a great feast and recruiting the mortal Hupašiya.

  • Šauška

    Love and Sexuality · War · Healing

    Hurrian goddess of love and war and sister of the storm-god Teššub, who in the Kumarbi cycle tries to overcome her brother's monstrous enemies by seduction.

  • Kamrušepa

    Magic · Healing · Ritual Purification

    Goddess of magic and healing rites, who in the Telipinu myth performs the ritual that draws out the angry god's rage and sends it to the Dark Earth.

  • Sun-goddess of the Earth

    Underworld · Dead · Purification

    The Hittite ruler of the underworld, the 'Dark Earth', identified with the Hurrian Allani and the Mesopotamian Ereškigal: the sun as it travels beneath the earth at night.

Built from each deity's catalog entry, using its recorded gender. Back to the Hittite Pantheon, or browse every deity.