| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "A'as" | Babylon | God of wisdom Babylon / Hittite / Hurrian |
| God name "A'as" | Hittite / Hurrian | God of wisdom. Derived from the Mesopotamian model of ENKI / EA. A'as keeps the tablets of fate.... |
| God name "Alalu" | Hittite / Hurrian | Primordial god. The archetypal deity who precedes AN(U) in the formation of the cosmos. He was identified by the Greeks as HYPSISTOS (the highest).... |
| God name "Alalus" | Hittite | First heavenly king who lasted for 9 years. The eldest of all Hittite gods. Alalus was the father of the Hittite pantheon. |
| Demon name "Alauwaimis" | Hittite | demon who drives away evil and sickness Hittite |
"Aranzahas" | Hittite | Tigris river deified. Hittite |
| Goddess name "Arinna" | Hittite | The "sun goddess of Arinna". As well as the weather God later åśśociated with the Hurrian "Teshup", Arinna, the Sun goddess and their children are all deriviations from the former Hatti Pantheon. Hittite |
| Goddess name "Arinna (sun goddess)" | Hittite / Hurrian | Solar deity. May have taken androgynous form, but also identified as the consort of the weather god TESUB. Probably the head of the Hittite state pantheon. There is little detail because the religious center of Arinna is knownonly from texts. The Sun goddess was also perceived to be a paramount chthonic or earth goddess. She becomes largely syncretized with the Hurrian goddess HEBAT.... |
| God name "Arma" | Hittite | God of the moon Hittite / Hurrian |
| God name "Arma" | Hittite / Hurrian | Minor moon god. Depicted winged and wearing a sickle moon surmounted on a horned helmet.... |
| Goddess name "Aseer u" | Western Semitic / Canaanite / / Hittite | Fertility goddess. Identified in Ugaritic (Ras Samra) texts as an unfaithful consort of ELKUNIRSA. Also Aserdus (Hittite).... |
| Goddess name "Asertu" | Canaan / Hittite | A fertility goddess |
| Goddess name "Asertu aka Ashera" | Canaan | Asherah, Goddess of fertility. Generally taken as identical with the Ugaritic goddess Athirat Hittite / Canaan |
| Deity name "Astabi" | Hittite / Hurrian | deity. Known only from inscriptions.... |
"Ayas" | Hittite | He is the keeper of the old tablets with the words of fate |
| Deities name "Baa! Samin (lord of heaven)" | Western Semitic / Phoenician | Head of the pantheon. Probably originated in Canaanite culture as a god of Rain and vegetation, but became extensively revered in places as far apart as Cyprus and Carthage. Epithets include bearer of thunder. Baal Samin is first mentioned in a fourteenth century BC treaty between the Hittite king Suppiluliuma and Nigmadu II of Ugarit. He had a major sanctuary at Byblos, according to inscription, built by Yehemilk. Josephus confirms that his cult existed at the time of Solomon. At Karatepe his name appears at the head of a list of national deities and on Seleucid coinage he is depicted wearing a half-moon crown and carrying a radiate Sun disc. Other epithets include lord of eternity and he may also have been god of storms at sea, a patron deity of mariners. By Hellenic times he equated with ZEUS in the Greek pantheon and the Romans identified him as Caelus (sky). Also Baal-Samem.... |
| God name "Bethel" | Western Semitic / Phoenician | Local tutelary god. Probably of Aramaean or Syrian origin. First mentioned in a fourteenth century treaty between the Hittite king Suppiluliuma and Nigmadu II of Ugarit [Ras Samra]. He appears more regularly on inscriptions from the end of the seventh century BC and enjoyed considerable popularity during the neo-Babylonian period. Bethel is mentioned in the Biblical text of Jeremiah 48.13, implying that some Israelites acknowledged this deity. There is no evidence of links with the historical place names, including that mentioned in Genesis 38.13.... |
| God name "Elkunirsa" | Western Semitic / Canaanite / / Hittite | Creator god. Allegedly borrowed and modified from the Canaanite god IL. His consort is Aserdus (Canaanite: ASERTU).... |
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