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Ḫannaḫanna (from Hittite ḫanna- "grandmother") was a Hittite mother goddess.

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mother goddess
Gender
female
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worshipped by
Hittites
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Contents
  • Myths
  • The myths of Telepinu
  • Myth of the disappearance of Inara
  • Myth of the disappearance of Ḫannaḫanna
  • See also
  • References

Ḫannaḫanna (from Hittite ḫanna- "grandmother") was a Hittite mother goddess.

== Myths == Ḫannaḫanna appears in a number of Hittite myths, and tends to help in solving the problems faced by other gods in them. Most of them are myths dealing with the disappearance of deities, a common theme in Hittite myths.

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