Oct 27, 2024
A Hittite king worshipping before a bull image of the storm god (Tarhunt?) from the city gate at Alaca Höyük. c. 1200 BCE? Village of Alacahüyük in the Alaca District of Çorum Province, Turkey
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A Hittite king worshipping before a bull image of the storm god (Tarhunt?) from the city gate at Alaca Höyük. c. 1200 BCE? Village of Alacahüyük in the Alaca District of Çorum Province, Turkey
In Hittite mythology, Illuyanka was a serpentine dragon slain by Tarhunt, the Hittite incarnation of the Hurrian god of sky and storm. It is known from Hittite cuneiform tablets found at Çorum-Boğazköy, the former Hittite capital Hattusa. The context is a ritual of the Hattian spring festival of puruli.