Kurunta (
Cuneiform
Cuneiform is a logo- syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge- ...
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Hittite god of wild animals and hunting.
Kurunta's Insignia was the deer. He became king of gods after he had thrown
Tarhun down from the sky. The god rebel forces humanity against the gods and even does not care about the powerful gods. Because of the wish of gods to get sacrifices furthermore without getting them
Enki
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, caption = Detail of Enki from the Adda Seal, an ancient Akkadian cylinder seal dating to circa 2300 BC
, deity_of = God of creation, intelligence, crafts, water, seawater, lakewater, fertility, semen, magic, mischief
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and
Kumarbi
Kumarbi was an important god of the Hurrians, regarded as "the father of gods." He was also a member of the Hittite pantheon. According to Hurrian myths, he was a son of Alalu, and one of the parents of the storm-god Teshub, the other being Anu ...
unite against Kurunta. With help of
Nara-Napsara, the brother of A'as from the underworld, they force all animals and the mountain god
Nasalma against Kurunta. After that Kurunta is killed by Tarhun and
Ninurta
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, caption= Assyrian stone relief from the temple of Ninurta at Kalhu, showing the god with his thunderbolts pursuing Anzû, who has stolen the Tablet of Destinies from ...
so he accepts Tarhun's sovereignty. Kurunta takes part at the conference of gods after
Telipinu's return. He is also the saving god of
Carchemish
Carchemish ( Turkish: ''Karkamış''; or ), also spelled Karkemish ( hit, ; Hieroglyphic Luwian: , /; Akkadian: ; Egyptian: ; Hebrew: ) was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during i ...
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See also
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Runtiya __NOTOC__
Runtiya was the Luwian god of the hunt, who had a close connection with deer. He was among the most important gods of the Luwians.
Name
The name was written in the Luwian cuneiform of the Bronze Age as , which can be read as *Runtiy ...
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: ''Die hethitische Literatur.'' Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin 2006, pages 84, 111, 144 ff., {{ISBN, 978-3-11-018877-6
Further reading
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Woudhuizen, Fred.
Luwian Kuruntas and Celtic Cernunnos: two closely related manifestations of the same Indo-European god". In: ''Živa Antika'' [Antiquité Vivante64 (2014): 55–60.
Hittite deities
Hittite mythology