Arma
Luwian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Luwian moon-god; in the Iron Age merged with Sin of Harran ('Harranian Arma'); abundant in theophoric names.
Domains
- moon
Powers
- Mark out the months by his waxing and waning light
Epithets
- Harranian Arma Arma of Harran (merged with Sin)Wikipedia, 'Arma (deity)'; 'Luwian religion' (secondary)
Relations
- equated with: KaskuIn the bilingual 'Moon that Fell from Heaven' myth the Hattic Kasku corresponds to Anatolian Arma behind the moon-god logogram. Same lunar slot; Kasku's myth of falling from heaven is Hattic-specific.V. Haas, Geschichte der hethitischen Religion (1994) (secondary)
- syncretism: NannaIron Age Luwian Arma merged with Sin of Harran ('Harranian Arma' in hieroglyphic Luwian). A documented cult fusion at Harran; Arma's name survives while the cult content becomes that of Sin.M. Hutter, 'Aspects of Luwian Religion', in The Luwians (2003), on Harranian Arma (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Hutter, Aspects of Luwian Religion (in Melchert ed., The Luwians, 2003) (secondary)