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Hittite nursery and midwifery goddesses

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 3, 2022
Entity authorityQ1262218 ↗
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Hittite and Hurrian nursery and midwifery goddesses only exist in collective.

The Tarawa are the collective of Hittite midwifery goddesses. They helped to create the first king of gods.

The Hutellurra are the Hurrian collective of midwifery goddesses, mentioned in the "Song of Ullikummi". The Irsirra are the Hurrian collective of nursery goddesses. In the Ullikummi song they put little Ullikummi secretly on the shoulder of Ubelluri, the giant who carries the world.

Literature

Volkert Haas: Die hethitische Literatur, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.

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