Trqqas
Lycian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Lycian weather-god (continuation of Luwian Tarhunt); invoked beside Maliya, later identified with and absorbed into Zeus.
Domains
- storm
- justice punishment
Powers
- Smite the wicked with thunder and the storm's blast
Epithets
- Trqqas The Lycian storm-and-weather god (cognate of Luwian Tarhunt)Lycian inscriptions; the Letoon trilingual (primary)
Relations
- equated with: TarhunzLycian Trqqas/Trqqnt is the direct linguistic continuation of Luwian Tarhunt- (PIE *terh2- 'overcome'). Same storm-god inherited within Anatolian; the Lycian cult later dissolves into Greek Zeus.H. C. Melchert (ed.), The Luwians (2003); T. R. Bryce, The Lycians (1986) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Trmmili Texts, Lycian Divinities corpus (descot21.github.io) (secondary)