Kumarbi

Kumarbi is the grain God in the Hurrian - Hittite mythology. It is similar to the Greek Kronos. His cult was Urkeš city. His vizier is Mukišanu.

Kumarbi crashed after nine years as a cupbearer to the second king of the gods Anu. He bit off the genitals of Anu and became pregnant with the gods Teššub, Hittite tarhun, Aranzaḫ and Tašmišu ( heth. Šuwalijat ). Kumarbi spat the semen of the Anu from on the mountain Kanzura who could then give birth to the river goddess Aranzaḫ. However Teššob emerged from the skull of Kumarbi. Then the barley Kumarbi God demanded his son Teššub to be eaten, but received instead the kukunuzzi - stone, on which he broke his teeth. In order to overthrow Teššub, who succeeded him as king of the gods again, Kumarbi had several children, who acted as gods enemies, but again were defeated. With a human woman Kumarbi had the gods enemy " silver ", Hurrian Ušḫuni, which was a threat to the gods, but probably Ishtar, Hurrian Šawoška, was rendered harmless. Kumarbi married the daughter of the sea, Šertapšuruḫi, by whom he had the sea dragon Ḫedammu, Hurrian simply APSE ( "snake" ). Also Ḫedammu was defeated by Istar seduction. Kumarbi impregnated her then still a rock with the stone demon Ullikummi by the Irširra sat on the shoulder of giants Ubelluri world. Ishtar it was not possible to defeat the blind and deaf Ullikummi, but the God of Eya (Ea) succeeds.