Hittite myths
by Beckman, Gary M. Hoffner, Harry A. Jr
"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 nonspe…
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- Full title :Hittite myths / by Harry A. Hoffner, Jr. ; edited by Gary M. Beckman.
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."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©1998
- Edition:Second edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Scholars Press
- Place of Publication:Atlanta, GA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1998
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 120 pages ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0788504886, 9780788504884
- oclc:ocm39455874
- LC Classification:BL2370.H5
- Dewey Decimal:299/.199
Table of Contents
The Illuyanka tales -- The disappearance of Telipinu --The disappearance of the storm god -- Sacrifice and prayer to the storm god of Nerik -- Myths of lost storm gods -- Telipinu and the daughter of the sea god -- The disappearance of the sun god -- The disappearance of Hannahanna -- Myths of the goddess Inara -- Kamrusepa myths -- The voyage of the immortal human soul -- When the storm god thunders frightfully -- Fragments of myths about lost and found deities -- The song of Kumarbi -- The song of the god Lamma -- The song of Silver -- The song of Hedammu -- The song of Ullikummi -- The song of release -- A tale of two cities : Kanesh and Zalpa -- Appu and his two sons -- The sun god, the cow, and the fisherman -- The hunter Kessi and his beautiful wife -- Elkunirsa and Ashertu.
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