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Kumarbi, also
known as Kumurwe,
Kumarwi and Kumarma, was a
Hurrian god. He held a
senior position in the
Hurrian pantheon, and was
described as the "father...
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regarded as the "father of gods"
similar to
Mesopotamian Enlil or
Hurrian Kumarbi, as well as a lord of the land, a god of prosperity, and a
source of royal...
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Hurrian myths about Kumarbi,
known chiefly from
their Hittite translations, Anu is a
former ruler of the gods, who was
overthrown by
Kumarbi, who bit off his...
- "cycle" of
myths focused on
Kumarbi existed. The
myths usually understood as
forming the
Kumarbi Cycle are the Song of
Kumarbi, Song of LAMMA, Song of Silver...
- thick-breads, libations, oxen, and sheep.
Kumarbi is the
father of Tarhunt; his role in the Song of
Kumarbi is
reminiscent of that of
Cronus in Hesiod's...
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According to Song of Emergence,
Teshub was born from the
split skull of
Kumarbi after he bit off the
genitals of Anu
during a
conflict over kingship. This...
- was deified. He was the son of
Kumarbi and the
brother of
Teshub and Tašmišu, one of the
three gods spat out of
Kumarbi's mouth onto
Mount Kanzuras. Later...
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under the name "Elil" and the
Hurrians syncretized him with
their own god
Kumarbi. In one
Hurrian ritual,
Enlil and
Apantu are
invoked as "the
father and...
- epithet-like names, for
example Allani ("the lady"), Mušuni ("she of justice"),
Kumarbi ("he of Kumar") or
Nabarbi ("she of Nawar"). The
spellings vary between...
- of
Kumarbi (also
called Kingship in Heaven),
written five
hundred years before Hesiod,
tells of a
succession of
kings in heaven: Anu (Sky),
Kumarbi, and...
