Telipinu
Hattic · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Hattic-Hittite agricultural/fertility god, son of the storm-god Taru and sun-goddess Estan; central to the disappearing-god myth resolved by a bee and Kamrusepa.
Parentage
- parent: Estan
Domains
- agriculture fertility
Powers
- Withdraw in anger and wither all crops and offspring
- Return appeased to restore vegetation and fruitfulness
Epithets
- the vanished god The fertility-god whose angry disappearance withers the land until he is found and appeasedThe Telipinu Myth (Hittite archives) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Hoffner, Hittite Myths (2nd ed., 1998) (secondary)