The Hurrian father of the gods. He bit off the genitals of Anu and spat out three new gods. One of those, the storm god Teshub, later deposed Kumarbi. The word Hurrian may refer to: An ancient people of the Near East, the Hurrians. ... The Australian National University (ANU), is a university located in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. ...
Scholars have pointed to the remarkable similarities between this Hurrian creation myth and the story of Ouranos, Kronos, and Zeus from Greek mythology. Chronos is the personification of time in Greek mythology There is also Cronus, the similarly named Greek mythological Titan. ... Statue of Zeus The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall Statue of Zeus in about 435 bc. ... Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ...
Kumarbi (who may be equated with the Sumerian deity Enlil) in turn overthrew Anu.
Kumarbi gave birth to three terrible gods, which were probably three different aspects of the weather god Teshub.
Kumarbi coupled with the Sea, which represented the forces of chaos, and produced a son, Ullikummi, who grew to an enormous size on the shoulders of the sea-giant Upelluri.
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