God · Anatolian and Hurrian
Kumarbi
Kumarbi, a god of the Anatolian and Hurrian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: hittite
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| identified as Enlil | Hurrian and Syrian god lists, from the 16th c. BCE | Kumarbi and Enlil were treated as equivalents, and a trilingual list from Ugarit makes both the equal of El. |
| identified as El | Trilingual Weidner god list, Ugarit, 13th c. BCE | The Ugarit god list presents Kumarbi and Enlil as the equivalents of the local god El. |
| adopted as Anu | Hurro-Hittite Song of Kumarbi, c. 14th-13th c. BCE | The Mesopotamian sky god Anu entered the Hurrian theogony, where Kumarbi bites off his genitals and conceives Teshub. |