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Upelluri

Upelluri or Ubelluri was a primordial giant in Hurrian mythology. He is only known from the Song of Ullikummi, which is one of the few Hurrian texts offering

Upelluri

Ullikummi

Giant stone monster in Hurrian mythology

Ullikummi, which he hid in the netherworld and placed on the shoulder of Upelluri. Upelluri, absorbed in his meditations, did not feel Ullikummi on his shoulder

Ullikummi

Atlas (mythology)

Deity in Greek mythology

mythology, and other members of Category:World-bearing animals Farnese Atlas Upelluri Nut (goddess), in ancient Egyptian mythology forced to hold up the sky

Atlas (mythology)

Atlas_(mythology)

Kumarbi

Hurrian father of the gods

with taking him to the underworld and placing him on the shoulders of Upelluri, an Atlas-like being. They first take it to Enlil, who instantly recognizes

Kumarbi

Hurrian religion

Polytheistic religion in the Bronze Age Near East

placed on the back of the giant Upelluri, who was already alive during their separation. Volkert Haas assumed that Upelluri stood in the sea, but according

Hurrian religion

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Separation of heaven and earth

Creation myth event

is implicit. It is explicit in the Song of Ullikummi, where the giant Upelluri, a counterpart of Atlas, say: "When heaven and earth were built upon me

Separation of heaven and earth

Separation_of_heaven_and_earth

Ḫepat

Hurrian goddess

stop her. Her isolation is also mentioned by Ea when he asks the giant Upelluri if he is aware of the impact of Ullikummi on the world. In the myth CTH

Ḫepat

Sukkal

Mesopotamian administrative office and type of deity

deities, such as the mountain goddess Lelluri and the primordial giant Upelluri, as well some mountain and stone names. Izzummi Ea Hurrian Izzummi is the

Sukkal

Teshub

Hurrian weather god and king of the gods

therefore sends him to spend some time in hiding on the shoulder of the giant Upelluri. He keeps growing, and due to his enormous size he is eventually noticed

Teshub

List of Hurrian deities

be interpreted other characters and events from the same myth. Upelluri Hurrian Upelluri was a giant believed to bear the world on his back. In the Song

List of Hurrian deities

List_of_Hurrian_deities

Hurrian primeval deities

Group of Hurrian deities

which he subsequently uses to separate Ullikummi from the shoulder of Upelluri. In a fragment of a myth (KUB 33, 105: 10), Teshub states that he received

Hurrian primeval deities

Hurrian_primeval_deities

Lelluri

Hurrian mountain goddess

name ends with the Hurrian suffix -luri, known also from the theonyms Upelluri (a primordial giant from the Kumarbi Cycle), and Impaluri (sukkal of the

Lelluri

Kiaše

Hurrian sea god

appears in the names of the mountain goddess Lelluri, the primordial giant Upelluri, and also in some Hurrian mountain and stone names. According to Gernot

Kiaše

Earth and Heaven (Hurrian religion)

Hurrian and Mesopotamian cosmogonic figures

to the same myth, heaven and earth rest on the shoulders of the giant Upelluri. A double deity from Ugaritic offering list, Arsu-wa-Shamuma (Ugaritic:

Earth and Heaven (Hurrian religion)

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