Hittite Myths

by Hoffner, Harry A.; Beckman, Gary M.

• ISBN13: 9780788504884
• ISBN10: 0788504886
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature

Summary

This work contains the first English translations of a collection of Hittite myths. The translations are based on the original tablets on which the myths were written, and take into account recent textual discoveries and published studies on the texts. Revised and augmented, this second edition includes additional introductions to each myth and a newly published Hurrian myth, "The Song of Release," dealing with legal and social institutions in ancient Babylonia and Israel. Accessible to nonspecialists, the translations also preserve column and line count for the convenience of scholars.

Author Biography

Harry A. Hoffner, Jr. is the John A. Wilson Professor and Co-Director of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary, University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword
Abbreviations
Map of Anatolia
Explanation of Signs
Introduction	p. 1
Translations	p. 7
Old Anatolian Myths	p. 9
The Illuyanka Tales	p. 10
The Disappearance of Telipinu	p. 14
The Disappearance of the Storm God	p. 21
Sacrifice and Prayer to the Storm God of Nerik	p. 22
Myths of Lost Storm Gods	p. 24
Telipinu and the Daughter of the Sea God	p. 26
The Disappearance of the Sun God	p. 27
The Disappearance of Hannahanna	p. 29
Myths of the Goddess Inara	p. 30
Kamrusepa Myths	p. 33
The Voyage of the Immortal Human Soul	p. 33
When the Storm God Thunders Frightfully	p. 34
Fragments of Myths about Lost and Found Deities	p. 37
Hurrian Myths	p. 40
The Song of Kumarbi	p. 42
The Song of the God LAMMA	p. 46
The Song of Silver	p. 48
The Song of Hedammu	p. 50
The Song of Ullikummi	p. 55
The Song of Release	p. 65
Tales Involving Deities and Mortals	p. 81
A Tale of Two Cities: Kanesh and Zalpa	p. 81
Appu and His Two Sons	p. 82
The Sun God, The Cow, and the Fisherman	p. 85
The Hunter Kessi and His Beautiful Wife	p. 87
A Canaanite Myth	p. 90
Elkunirsa and Ashertu	p. 90
Sources	p. 93
Concordance	p. 97
Bibliography	p. 98
Glossary	p. 109
Indexes	p. 114
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