Telipinu
Hittite · deity · late bronze age · Recorded classification
Hittite god of agriculture, son of the Storm-god and the Sun-goddess of Arinna. The archetypal 'vanishing god': his angry withdrawal blights the land until he is found and soothed, the central myth of the Hittite disappearing-deity ritual.
Parentage
- father: TarhunnaSon of the Storm-god.Telipinu Myth (CTH 324) (primary)
- mother: Sun-goddess of ArinnaSon of the Sun-goddess of Arinna.Telipinu Myth (CTH 324) (primary)
Domains
- agriculture and fertility
- vegetation
Powers
- Grant fertility to crops, herds, and people
- Withdraw in anger and wither the land
Relations
- father: TarhunnaSon of the Storm-god.Telipinu Myth (CTH 324) (primary)
- mother: Sun-goddess of ArinnaSon of the Sun-goddess of Arinna.Telipinu Myth (CTH 324) (primary)
- sibling: MezzullaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Tarhunna & Sun-goddess of Arinna) per the figures' cited genealogy.
Sources
- existence: Telipinu Myth (CTH 324) (primary); Hoffner, Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (1998), pp. 14-20 (secondary)