In Hittite mythology, Illuyanka was a serpentine dragon slain by Tarḫunz (dIM), the Hittite incarnation of the Hurrian god of sky and storm. It is known...
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Typhon (section Tarhunna vs. Illuyanka)
who lures Illuyanka from his lair with a banquet, thereby enabling Tarhunna to surprise and kill Illuyanka. In the other version Illuyanka steals the...
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some cases thought to be a god of chaos Eris Hydra (mythology) Typhon Illuyanka Vritra Angra Mainyu, Zoroastrian god of evil and opposed to Ahura Mazda...
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theron" of Greek mythology, better known as Artemis. After the dragon Illuyanka wins an encounter with the storm god, the latter asks Inara to give a...
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Veles (Slavic) Dobrynya Nikitich vs. Zmey Gorynych (Slavic) Tarhunt vs. Illuyanka (Hittite) Teshub vs. Ullikummi (Hurrian) Zeus vs. Typhon (Greek) Heracles...
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god Tarḫunna slays Illuyanka. The contest is a ritual of the Hattian spring festival of Puruli. According to Katz (1998), Illuyanka's name is probably a...
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other mythologies perhaps linked to the Tiamat myth include the Hittite Illuyanka myth, and in Greek tradition Apollo's killing of the Python as a necessary...
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via Anatolia. In the Hittite version of the myth, the dragon is called Illuyanka: the illuy- part is cognate to the word illa, and the -anka part is cognate...
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In Hittite mythology, the storm god Tarhunt slays the giant serpent Illuyanka, as does the Vedic god Indra the multi-headed serpent Vritra, which has...
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city name. The Hittite legends of Telipinu and the serpentine dragon Illuyanka find their origin in the Hattian civilization. Hattian language Akurgal...
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