Sun Goddess of Arinna
c. 1650 BCE – 1180 BCEattested
Arinna, Anatolia
- Hittite
Chief deity of the Hittite state, addressed by queens as their personal patron. Unusually for the ancient Near East, the sun here is female and outranks the storm god she is paired with.
Known for
- the sun as queen
- patron of the Hittite queens
- sovereign of the land
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.