Entity
Illuyanka
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The serpent opposed by the storm god in two Hittite narratives preserved in CTH 321.
Text
The Hittite word illuyanka means ‘serpent’. Both narratives begin with the storm god's defeat. The first uses InaraInaraGoddess in Hittite traditions who plans the feast enabling the serpent’s defeat in the first Illuyanka account.Glossary · Click to read the explanation, HupasiyaHupasiyaInara’s human helper in the first Hittite Illuyanka account, who binds the serpent after the feast.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and a feast; the second recovers the god's heart and eyes through his son. They should not be fused into one plot. [1][8]
References and notes
- German CTH 321 translation, lines 1–127 and notes 1–39; no independent tablet autopsy. CTH 321, German edited translation, lines 1–127 and editorial notes 1–39 Return to the text ↑
- Beckman’s translation of both variants and selected notes; Hittite copies not collated independently. Gary Beckman, The Anatolian Myth of Illuyanka, JANES 14 (1982), printed pp. 11–25, especially edition and translation §§1–27' (pp. 12–19) and discussion pp. 20, 24–25 Return to the text ↑
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IL Archive, «Illuyanka», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/illuyanka