Kumarbi

hethitische Mythologie

Key facts

Deity.type: Hurrian
Deity.name: Kumarbi
Deity.god_of: Former king of the gods, "father of the gods", god of prosperity and grain
Deity.abode: underworld
Deity.cult_center: Urkesh, Azuḫinnu, Taite
Deity.symbol: ear of grain
Deity.consort: Shalash
Deity.parents: Alalu
Deity.children: Teshub, Tašmišu, Aranzaḫ (Tigris), Silver (), Ḫedammu, Ullikummi, possibly Šauška
Deity.equivalent1_type: Mesopotamian
Deity.equivalent1: Enlil
Deity.equivalent2_type: Syrian
Deity.equivalent2: Dagan
Deity.equivalent3_type: Ugaritic
Deity.equivalent3: El
Deity.equivalent4_type: Greek
Deity.equivalent4: Kronos

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Instance of: god
Gender: male
Child: Ḫedammu
Father: Anu
Image: Wall plate with relief of God, analogous to Kumarbi, Tell Halaf, 9th century BC, 141370.jpg

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enemy: Teshub

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Kumarbi (in Ugarit: kmrb, kmrw) ist der Korngott in der hurritisch-hethitischen Mythologie, der den Beinamen „Vater der Götter“ trägt. Er ähnelt dem griechischen Kronos. Seine Kultstadt war Urkeš.

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