Biography:Aruna (Hittite mythology)

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Short description: God of the sea and son of Kamrusepa
Aruna
Parent(s)Kamrusepa

Aruna is a sea god in Hittite mythology, a son of the healing and magic goddess Kamrusepa.[1] Aruna is also the Hittite word for "sea."

Name

Various origins of this name are proposed. A Hattic origin has been suggested. A connection with Indo-European *er-, *or- (‘stir, move’) is more plausible, and the Hittite name could have the same ultimate origin as Sanskrit arṇava.[2]

References

  1. Miller, Molly (1971). The thalassocracies. Albany, N.Y: State University of New York Press. pp. 163. ISBN 0-87395-062-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=-sLns-0eV-wC&dq=Aruna+Kamrusepa&pg=PA163. 
  2. David Michael Weeks. (1985). Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck’s Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, PhD dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. PDF

Bibliography

  • Volkert Haas: Die hethitische Literatur, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin 2006, pages 115 f., 117 f., 153 ff., 160, ISBN:978-3-11-018877-6

See also

  • Aruṇa, god in Hinduism
  • Hurrian mythology