CLT 3378 Ancient Mythology East and West Lecture Outline Illuyanka Myths and The Kumarbi Cycle I Hittites a Indo European people b entered Anatolia from northeast c 2300 BCE c Hattians indigenous pre Hittite people in Anatolia d Hittite Empire 1700 1200 BCE covers most of modern day Turkey Atoshis is capital e Hurrians 1 people in northern Syria 2 empire named Mitanni II Hittite Mythology a Hittite capital Hattusas 1 000 s of tablets were found there 1 cuneiform tablets made by the Sumarians 2 many mythological religious b over 600 gods in the text found at Hattusas 1 polytheism and syncretism mixing togerther of myths 2 Took gods from Hattians 3 Took gods from Hurrians 4 Took gods from Mesopotamians c chief god 1 Storm God 2 name unknown 3 Hittite Storm God identified with a Hattian Storm God b Hurrian Tessub storm god III Illuyanka Myths a Hittite adopted the Illuyanka Myths from the Hattians b Illuyanka Myths texts c 1700 1500 BCE c Storm God vs serpent Illuyanka combat myth d Illuyanka Hattian or Hittite for serpent IV Illuyanka Myth Version 1 a assoc with Purulli festival in spring b Storm God defeated by Illuyanka serpent c Storm God summons gods d Inara 1 daughter of Storm God 2 huntress maybe 3 prepares feast for Strom God e mortal man Hupasiya 1 helps Inara prepare the feast but only if she gives him something in return 2 asks to sleep w Inara in return for helping her prepare the feast f Illuyanka 1 summoned to feast 2 Illuyanka gets drunk g Illuyanka gets tied up by Hupasiya and is killed by Storm God h triumph of Storm God return of spring that s why it is told at the beginning of spring V Illuyanka Myth Version 2 a Illuyanka 1 defeats Storm God 2 takes Storm God s heart and eyes after he defeats him b Storm God 1 marries woman 2 has son part human part divine 3 son marries Illuyanka s daughter c Storm God to son after he marries Illuyanka s daughter asks him to get his heart and eyes and he does and the Storm God now wants to fight Illuyanka d battles Illuyanka 1 beside at sea 2 son to Storm God Don t spare me wants his father to kill him along with Illuyanka e kills Illuyanka son VI Kumarbi Cycle found at Hattusas a group of poems about Kumarbi b Hurrian literary works but written in Hittite c texts c 1400 1200 BCE VII Song of Kumarbi a Starts with a succession myth rise and fall of Kumarbi b Kumarbi Hurrian god assoc with underworld c succession 1 Alalu king of gods father of Kumarbi rules for 9 years 2 Anu over throws Alalu and becomes king Marduks father and Sky God rules for 9 years 3 Kumarbi over throws Anu and takes over as king d castration of Anu by Kumarbi does this after he over throws Anu 1 Kumarbi swallows genitals 2 pregnant with gods due to the castration of Anu 3 incl Tessub and Tasmisu e Ea 1 serves as advisor midwife to king Kumarbi 2 Kumarbi thinks Tessub already born 3 bites into stone 4 tricked by Ea f Tessub 1 born from good place 2 overthrows Kumarbi fragmentary g alternation between 1 underworld gods Alalu Kumarbi 2 sky gods Anu Tessub VIII Song of Ullikummi a Kumarbi tries to overthrow Tessub b wants to use his child to storm heaven c impregnates rock d goes to house of Sea God dinner e stone child named Ullikummi f Ullikummi is given to Irsirra deities 1 cameo by Ellil important god 2 Mesopotamian wind storm god g Irsirra deities put Ullikummi on Ubelurri s shoulder 1 Ubelurri sky supportern has the earth and sky built on him 2 cf Atlas h Istanu sun god 1 spots Ullikummi growing 2 Istanu tells Tessub and Tasmisu about Ullikummi i Sauska 1 assoc with Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar 2 sister of Tessub Tasmisu 3 adorns herself sings 4 attempts to seduce Ullikummi 5 great wave Ullikummi deaf blind to Sauska j Ullikummi grows so much that he reaches Kummiya Tessub s city in heaven k Hebat sun goddess 1 Tessub s wife 2 When Ullikummi crashes in Kummiya he knocks Hebat off her house l Tessub and Tasmisu 1 go to Apzuwa apsu 2 ask for Ea s help m Ea 1 goes to Ubelurri and he tells him about heaven and earth and the copper cutting tool 2 cuts off Ullikummi with the ancient copper cutting tool n Tessub vs Ullikummi fragmentary combat myth
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