Ullikummi
Hurrian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Blind, deaf, sentient diorite-stone monster fathered by Kumarbi upon a great rock to overthrow Teshub; name means 'Destroy Kumme!'. Grown on the shoulder of the earth-bearer Upelluri until Ea severs him with the primeval copper saw.
Parentage
- paternal: Kumarbi
Domains
- chaos rebellion
Powers
- Stand invulnerable while joined to Upelluri's shoulder
- Grow skyward to colossal height in days
Epithets
- the deaf-and-blind stone The diorite monster Kumarbi begot on a rock, grown on Upelluri’s shoulder to topple TeshubSong of Ullikummi (Hurrian-Hittite, Kumarbi cycle) (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: TeshubFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Kumarbi) per the figures' cited genealogy.
Sources
- existence: Song of Ullikummi (CTH 345), Hattusa tablets (primary)