Aruna (Hittite mythology)
Aruna is a sea god in Hittite mythology, a son of the healing and magic goddess Kamrusepa.[1] Aruna is also the Hittite word for "sea", and like Kamrusepa may also refer to the god of the sea.
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| Parent(s) | Kamrusepa |
Name
Various origins of this name are proposed. A Hattic origin has been suggested. A connection with Indo-European er-, or- (‘stir, move’) is more plausible, and the Hittite name could have the same ultimate origin as Sanskrit arṇava.[2]
References
- Miller, Molly (1971). The thalassocracies. Albany, N.Y: State University of New York Press. p. 163. ISBN 0-87395-062-3.
- David Michael Weeks. (1985). Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck’s Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, PhD dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. PDF
Bibliography
- Volkert Haas: Die hethitische Literatur, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin 2006, pages 115 f., 117 f., 153 ff., 160, ISBN 978-3-11-018877-6
See also
- Aruṇa, god in Hinduism
- Hurrian mythology
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