Tarhunna

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

• Inara
• Mezzulla
• Telipinu

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 Hittite · Lord of Hatti · cultnational title of the Storm-godHittite state treaties (CTH series) (primary)
• Storm-god of Heaven Hittite · Weather-god of Heaven · cultcelestial weather-godHittite royal prayers (CTH series) (primary)

Relations

• spouse: Sun-goddess of ArinnaConsort of the Sun-goddess of Arinna.Hittite state-cult texts (primary)
• father of: TelipinuFather of Telipinu.Telipinu Myth (CTH 324) (primary)
• father of: InaraFather of the goddess Inara.Illuyanka Myth (CTH 321) (primary)
• father of: MezzullaFather of Mezzulla.Hittite cult inventories (primary)
• enemy: IlluyankaSlayer of the serpent Illuyanka.Illuyanka Myth (CTH 321) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Illuyanka Myth (CTH 321); Hittite treaty god-lists (primary); H. A. Hoffner, Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (1998) (secondary)