Tarhunna
Hittite · deity · late bronze age · deity
The Storm-god of Hatti, head of the Hittite pantheon and husband of the Sun-goddess of Arinna. Wielder of storm and thunder and guarantor of treaties; the dragon-slayer of the Illuyanka myth, recited annually at the purulli new-year festival.
Children
Domains
- storm and kingship
- sky and weather
- war
Powers
- Command thunder, lightning, and rain
- Slay the chaos-serpent Illuyanka
- Guarantee oaths and treaties as divine witness
Epithets
- Lord of the Land of Hatti
- Storm-god of Heaven
Relations
- spouse: Sun-goddess of Arinna
- father of: Telipinu
- father of: Inara
- father of: Mezzulla
- enemy: Illuyanka
Sources
- Illuyanka Myth (CTH 321); Hittite treaty god-lists
- H. A. Hoffner, Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (1998)