RT Article
T1 The Hittite ‘Theogony’ or Song of Going Forth (CTH 344): Stratification of Mythical Traditions: With a Suggested Translation for KUB 33.120 Vs. I 19 f
JF Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
VO 21
IS 2
SP 208
OP 227
A1 Zgoll, Christian 1969-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1778206328
AB Abstract The present paper deals with the controversially discussed relationships between the gods Alalu, Anu, Kumarbi, and Tarḫunnaš in the Hittite Song of Going Forth (CTH 344). On the basis of a new philological analysis, of comparisons with theogonies or succession myths in other ancient cultures and on the background of considerations on the cross-cultural stratification of various mythical traditions in the surviving Hittite text, various proposals on the genealogical relationship of the deities in question are weighed against each other and reasons are presented for the plausibility of the proposed new translation and general reconstruction that the divine kingship always passes from father to son within a single genealogical line.
K1 Kumarbi
K1 Alalu
K1 Hesiod
K1 Song of Going Forth
K1 CTH 344
K1 Theogony
K1 succession myths
K1 Hittite mythology
DO 10.1163/15692124-12341324