Hurrian religion

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Hurrian religion was the polytheistic belief system of the ancient Hurrians of the Near East, featuring a pantheon of storm, sky, and underworld deities and influencing neighboring cultures such as the Hittites and Mitanni.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hurrian religion canonical 16
Hurrian mythology 2
Hurrian myths 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Mitanni kings ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Hurrians ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian
coreCity Arrapha ⓘ
Kizzuwatna ⓘ
Mitanni ⓘ
Nuzi ⓘ
Urkesh ⓘ
documentedIn Hittite archives at Hattusa ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives

cuneiform tablets ⓘ
texts from Ugarit ⓘ
hasConcept divine assembly ⓘ
oath deities ⓘ
underworld judgment ⓘ
hasCulticCenter high places ⓘ
temples ⓘ
hasCulticPractice animal sacrifice ⓘ
libations ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
hasDeity Allani ⓘ
Anu ⓘ
Ea ⓘ
Hepat ⓘ
Ishtar ⓘ
linked to: Inanna

Kumarbi ⓘ
Kushuh ⓘ
Nergal ⓘ
Shaushka ⓘ
Shimige ⓘ
Teshub ⓘ
linked to: Tarḫunna
hasDomain sky deities ⓘ
storm god cults ⓘ
underworld deities ⓘ
hasMainRegion Khabur River region ⓘ
linked to: Khabur basin

Syro-Anatolia ⓘ
Upper Euphrates region ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
hasMyth Song of Hedammu ⓘ
Song of Kumarbi ⓘ
Song of Silver ⓘ
Song of Ullikummi ⓘ
linked to: Song of Kumarbi
hasMythCycle Kumarbi cycle ⓘ
hasRitualTextType festival descriptions ⓘ
incantations ⓘ
offering lists ⓘ
hasTheologicalTheme conflict between storm god and older gods ⓘ
cosmic kingship ⓘ
succession myths among gods ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
influenced Hittite religion ⓘ
Mitanni religion ⓘ
Syrian cults ⓘ
influencedBy Anatolian religion ⓘ
linked to: Anatolian paganism

Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
Syrian religion ⓘ
majorDeity Allani ⓘ
Hepat ⓘ
Kumarbi ⓘ
Shaushka ⓘ
Teshub ⓘ
linked to: Tarḫunna
practicedBy Hurrians ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian
sharesDeitiesWith Hittite religion ⓘ
linked to: Hittite mythology

Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
usesLanguage Hurrian language ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mitanni → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Teisheba → typeOfMythology → Hurro-Urartian mythology ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian religion
Anatolian paganism → influencedBy → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Mitanni kingdom → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Near Eastern mythologies → hasComponent → Hurrian mythology ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian religion
Hanigalbat → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Kizzuwatna → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
subject linked to: Kizzuwatna (at times)
Saustatar → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
subject linked to: king Saustatar
Hebat → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Hebat → mentionedIn → Hurrian myths ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian religion
Urartian religion → influencedBy → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Urartian mythology → influencedBy → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Armenian mythology → hasInfluenceFrom → Hurrian mythology ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian religion
Luwian religion → sharesDeitiesWith → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Luwian religion → influencedBy → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Telepinu → equatedWith → Hurrian vegetation deities ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian religion
Naharin → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Hurrian dynasty → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Shuttarna II → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Tushratta → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
Tushratta → religion → Hurrian religion ⓘ
subject linked to: King Tushratta of Mitanni