Kumarpish gave rise to TESHUB , storm-god, ARANZAH,
"the beautiful river-goddess", TASHMISHU "minister of the gods", and other three
"terrible deities".
Is it possible to see any Greek link?
Aranzah would be Aphrodite, born of foam. Teshub is
obviously Zeus. Are the three terrible deities the Hekatogkheires? The
Erinyes?
A Hittite-Hurrite protoform of Greek Theogony could
be:
Kronos castrated Ouranos, swallowed his penis, spat
his semen and gave rise to some deities - Zeus, the "Storm-God",
Aphrodite-Dione-Eurynome:, the Beautiful water-goddess,
Athena-Me:tis-Melias-Erinys, the War goddess, and Dionysos.
sources: Kronos castrating Ouranos, Aphrodite being
born from ocean; Eurynome, Dione and Metis as oceanids, Zeus' wives; Dionysos
being born from Zeus's thigh, Athena being born from Zeus's head; Erinyes and
Meliades being born from Ouranos' blood.
Kronos in vengeance, procreated a gigantic
monster Typhon-Gigas, that was defeated by Zeus, helped by Athena-Me:tis.
sources: Gaia giving rise to Typhon; deviant form
of same tale, in what Kronos was the father of Typhon; Shaushka and Teshub
defeating Ullikummish.
Some Anatolian people carried these myths to
Greece. It seems to be some Semitic influence: perhaps Teshub-Zeus &
Shaushka-Athena was influence of Semitic couple Ba'al & Anat, or vice versa.
The IE Greek indentified this Storm-god with their Storm-god *Perkwunos, already
mixed with the Sky-Father *Dyeus.
Joao SL
Rio