Illuyanka
Hittite · deity · late bronze age · Recorded classification
The chaos-serpent of Hittite myth, adversary of the Storm-god in the tale recited at the purulli festival. In the first version Inara traps it through feasting; in the second it steals the Storm-god's heart and eyes before he recovers them through a half-mortal son and slays the dragon at the sea — a combat-myth cognate with the wider Indo-European dragon-slaying.
Domains
- chaos serpent
Powers
- Overpower the Storm-god and seize his heart and eyes
Relations
- enemy: TarhunnaAdversary of the Storm-god.Illuyanka Myth (CTH 321) (primary)
- enemy: InaraEntrapped by Inara's feast.Illuyanka Myth (CTH 321) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Illuyanka Myth (CTH 321), in Hoffner, Hittite Myths (1998), pp. 10-14 (primary)