Hurrian religionThe Hurrian religion was the polytheistic religion of the Hurrians, a Bronze Age people of the Near East who chiefly inhabited the north of the Fertile Crescent. While the oldest evidence goes back to the third millennium BCE, it is best attested in cuneiform sources from the second millennium BCE written not only in the Hurrian language, but also Akkadian, Hittite and Ugaritic. It was shaped by the contacts between Hurrians and various cultures they coexisted with.
TeshubTeshub (Teššub,Teshup, Teššup ou Tešup) est le dieu principal du panthéon hourrite, le roi des dieux. Il est le dieu de l'Orage, c'est-à-dire des phénomènes climatiques comme la pluie, le vent, la foudre, le tonnerre, qui sont ses armes. Teshub est donc à rapprocher d'autres divinités similaires occupant elles aussi une place importante dans leur panthéon, comme Adad (Mésopotamie), Addu (Amorrites), Hadad/Baal (Canaan), Tarhu (Hittites), Seth (Egypte) ou encore Teisheba (Urartu).
KumarbiKumarbi, also known as Kumurwe, Kumarwi and Kumarma, was a Hurrian god. He held a senior position in the Hurrian pantheon, and was described as the "father of gods". He was portrayed as an old, deposed king of the gods, though this most likely did not reflect factual loss of the position of the head of the pantheon in Hurrian religion, but only a mythological narrative. It is often assumed that he was an agricultural deity, though this view is not universally accepted and the evidence is limited.
KamrušepaKamrušepa was a Hittite and Luwian goddess of medicine and magic, analogous to Hattic and Palaic goddess Kataḫzipuri. She is best known as one of the deities involved in the Telepinu Myth, in which her actions were crucial to pacify the anger of the "missing" vegetation god. Kamrušepa was the goddess of both magic and medicine. She was regarded as the inventor of various procedures, subsequently passed on to humans, as attested in mythical explanations attached to ritual texts. She could function as a divine midwife as well.
YazılıkayaYazılıkaya est un site archéologique hittite situé en Turquie, dans la région d'Ankara. En turc, son nom signifie « rocher inscrit ». Il se trouve à deux kilomètres au nord-est de Hattusha, la capitale du royaume hittite. Il a été fouillé en même temps que la capitale. Lieu de culte très ancien, il a été réaménagé au sous les règnes de Hattushili III et de son fils Tudhaliya IV. Le site de Yazılıkaya est un centre cultuel rupestre à ciel ouvert, aménagé dans un espace constitué de gorges creusées naturellement dans une colline, constituant des galeries naturelles.
Shaushkathumb|Stèle représentant une déesse, identifiée comme étant Shaushga ou Ishtar, provenant de Syrie du Nord (sphère néo-hittite), Musée du Louvre. Shaushka ou Shaushga est une des principales déesses du panthéon hourrite. À l'origine Shaushka était une déesse de la guerre. Au contact des autres peuples du Proche-Orient, elle est devenue l'équivalent de la déesse Inanna/Ishtar des Mésopotamiens. Elle correspond également à Astarté ou Athtart à Ougarit, et à Ashtart en langue punico-phénicienne.
Religion cananéenneLa religion cananéenne désigne le groupe d'anciennes religions sémites pratiquées par les cananéens vivant dans le levant depuis l'âge du bronze jusqu'aux premiers siècles de l'ère commune. Les religions cananéennes furent polythéistes, et parfois monolatristes. Israël antique Origines du judaïsme Religions du Proche-Orient ancien Religion d'Ougarit Religion en Mésopotamie Yahwisme Proche-Orient ancien Catégorie:Canaan Catégorie:Religion au Moyen-Orient Catégorie:Histoire des religions Catégorie:Religion au IIIe millénaire av.
TarḫunzTarḫunz (stem: Tarḫunt-) was the weather god and chief god of the Luwians, a people of Bronze Age and early Iron Age Anatolia. He is closely associated with the Hittite god Tarḫunna and the Hurrian god Teshub. The name of the Proto-Anatolian weather god can be reconstructed as *Tṛḫu-ent- ("conquering"), a participle form of the Proto-Indo-European root *terh2, "to cross over, pass through, overcome". It has cognates in Hittite tarḫu-, Latin trans-, Dutch door, German durch, and English through.
Luwian religionLuwian religion was the religious and mythological beliefs and practices of the Luwians, an Indo-European people of Asia Minor, which is detectable from the Bronze Age until the early Roman empire. It was strongly affected by foreign influence in all periods and it is not possible to clearly separate it from neighbouring cultures, particularly Syrian and Hurrian religion. The Indo-European element in the Luwian religion was stronger than in the neighbouring Hittite religion.
IsharaIshara (Išḫara) was a goddess originally worshiped in Ebla and other nearby settlements in the north of modern Syria in the third millennium BCE. The origin of her name is disputed, and due to lack of evidence supporting Hurrian or Semitic etymologies it is sometimes assumed it might have originated in a linguistic substrate. In Ebla, she was considered the tutelary goddess of the royal family. An association between her and the city is preserved in a number of later sources from other sites as well.
