Inara

Hittite goddess of the wild creatures of the steppe and daughter of the Storm-god. The cunning protagonist of the first Illuyanka tale, who entraps the serpent with a feast and the help of the mortal Hupasiya, whom she takes as her lover.

Parentage

• Tarhunna

Domains

• wild animals
• protection

Powers

• Mistress of the wild creatures of the steppe
• Entrap the serpent through cunning and feasting

Relations

• father: Tarhunna
• enemy: Illuyanka

Sources

• Illuyanka Myth (CTH 321)
• Hoffner, Hittite Myths (1998), pp. 10-14