This work aims at providing a systematical study of the cult of the Storm-Gods in Anatolia during the 2nd millennium BCE. The first part of the research will focus on the origins of the cult of this deity called Taru and Tarhun(t) in Hittite cuneiform sources but more generally expressed by the logograms d.ISKUR and d.U. The archaic festivals dealing with the cult of the Storm-God will be examined. In a second part, the various local manifestations of this god in the Hittite Kingdom and their relationship with the official state Pantheon will be analyzed. A study of the local religious festivals which refer to the cult of these deities and of the divine groups associated with them will provide interesting reflections on the influence which the culturally differentiated regions of Anatolia had on the development of the state cult of the Storm-Gods. [table “6” not found /]
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