Ḫedammu
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Ḫedammu, Hurrian Apše ("Snake"), is a sea-dragon from Hurrian-Hittite mythology, which caused trouble on the Syrian coast. His Hittite counterpart was Illuyanka.
Ḫedammu is the son of the god Kumarbi and , the daughter of the personification of the sea, Kiaše. The sea-dragon possessed an enormous appetite and nearly consumed the goddess Šauška (dIŠTAR), but was eventually defeated by her charms and she gives birth to snakes from him.
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