Teshub

Hurrian storm-god and king of the gods; born from Kumarbi after he bit off Anu's genitals. His city is Kummiya; consort Hebat.

Parentage

• paternal: Kumarbi

Children

• Sharruma

Domains

• storm
• kingship of the gods
• sky weather

Powers

• Strike with thunderbolt, lightning and storm
• Command rain, thunder and fertilizing weather

Epithets

• Teššub šarri hittite · Teššub šarri'Teshub the King' — storm-god as king of the gods, lord of KummiyaSong of Ullikummi (CTH 345) (primary)
• dU URUKummiya Hurrian · Teshub of Kummiya · cultStorm-god of his city KummiyaSong of Ullikummi (Hattusa archives) (primary)

Relations

• sibling: AranzahFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Kumarbi) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: HedammuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Kumarbi) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: ShaushkaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Kumarbi) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: TasmisuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Kumarbi) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: UllikummiFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Kumarbi) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• equated with: AdadTeshub is written with Adad's dIM/dU logogram throughout cuneiform tradition — a systematic scribal identification. Preserves bull-and-thunder storm kingship; Adad lacks the Kumarbi birth and succession.D. Schwemer, Die Wettergottgestalten Mesopotamiens und Nordsyriens (2001) (secondary)
• equated with: BaalIn Ugarit's Hurrian-language cult texts Teshub holds Baal's place; both are cloud-riding storm-kings enthroned on a northern mountain who defeat the Sea. Baal adds the death-and-return cycle Teshub lacks.D. Schwemer, Wettergottgestalten (2001); M. S. Smith, The Ugaritic Baal Cycle I (1994) (secondary)
• equated with: TarhunzReciprocal of luwian_tarhunz.equated-with — In Hittite-empire cult the Luwian and Hurrian storm-gods were systematically identified behind the dU/dIM logogram. Preserves bull, thunder, kingship of heaven; Teshub adds the Kumarbi succession myth.D. Schwemer, Die Wettergottgestalten Mesopotamiens und Nordsyriens (2001) (secondary)
• equated with: TeishebaReciprocal of urartian_teisheba.equated-with — Teisheba is the Urartian cognate and continuation of Hurrian Teshub (Urartian and Hurrian are sister languages). Preserves the storm-and-thunder god; in Urartu he ranks second, under Haldi, not first.M. Salvini, Geschichte und Kultur der Urartäer (1995) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Kumarbi Cycle (Hurrian-Hittite), tablets from Hattusa (primary)
• kingship: Song of Kumarbi (Kingship in Heaven) (primary)