Hittite Myths

Name: Hittite Myths
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ISBN: 9780788504884

ISBN-10: 0788504886

ISBN-13: 9780788504884

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: Harry A. Hoffner

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Hoffner is a co-director of the University of Chicago's Hittite Dictionary. He presents the first English translations of 23 myths based on the original tablets, taking into account recent textual discoveries and published studies of the texts. The first edition was published in 1990; the second includes new introductions to each myth and a newly published Hurrian myth. He also provides a glossary of names and technical terms and a guide to pronunciation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440

Series Editor's Foreword
Abbreviations
Map of Anatolia
Explanation of Signs
Introduction	p. 1
Translations	p. 7
Old Anatolian Myths	p. 9
The Illuyanka Tales	p. 10
The Disappearance of Telipinu	p. 14
The Disappearance of the Storm God	p. 21
Sacrifice and Prayer to the Storm God of Nerik	p. 22
Myths of Lost Storm Gods	p. 24
Telipinu and the Daughter of the Sea God	p. 26
The Disappearance of the Sun God	p. 27
The Disappearance of Hannahanna	p. 29
Myths of the Goddess Inara	p. 30
Kamrusepa Myths	p. 33
The Voyage of the Immortal Human Soul	p. 33
When the Storm God Thunders Frightfully	p. 34
Fragments of Myths about Lost and Found Deities	p. 37
Hurrian Myths	p. 40
The Song of Kumarbi	p. 42
The Song of the God LAMMA	p. 46
The Song of Silver	p. 48
The Song of Hedammu	p. 50
The Song of Ullikummi	p. 55
The Song of Release	p. 65
Tales Involving Deities and Mortals	p. 81
A Tale of Two Cities: Kanesh and Zalpa	p. 81
Appu and His Two Sons	p. 82
The Sun God, The Cow, and the Fisherman	p. 85
The Hunter Kessi and His Beautiful Wife	p. 87
A Canaanite Myth	p. 90
Elkunirsa and Ashertu	p. 90
Sources	p. 93
Concordance	p. 97
Bibliography	p. 98
Glossary	p. 109
Indexes	p. 114
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