Tarhun
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Tarḫunna or Tarḫuna/i was the Hittite weather god. He was also referred to as the "Weather god of Heaven" or the "Lord of the Land of Hatti".
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- Hittite
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- Tarḫunna
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- Hittite storm god
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- Hittite pantheon
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- Tarḫunna statue in Adana museum
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- Tarhun, Tarhunda, Tarhunza, Taru, Tarḫunz
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Tarḫunna or Tarḫuna/i was the Hittite weather god. He was also referred to as the "Weather god of Heaven" or the "Lord of the Land of Hatti".
== Name == Tarḫunna is a cognate of the Hittite verb tarḫu-zi, "to prevail, conquer, be powerful, be able, defeat"; from the Proto-Anatolian weather god *Tṛḫu-ent-, "conquering"; ultimately from PIE *terh₂-, "to cross over, pass through, overcome". The same name was used in almost all Anatolian languages: Luwian Tarḫunz-; Carian Trquδ-; Milyan Trqqñt-, and Lycian: Trqqas (A), Trqqiz (B).
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