Alalu
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Alalu is a god in Hurrian mythology. He was identified by the Greeks as Hypsistos. He is also called Alalus.
Myth
Alalu was a primeval deity of the Hurrian mythology. After nine years of reign, Alalu was defeated by his son Anu. Anu's son Kumarbi also defeated his father, and his son Teshub defeated him, too.[1][2]
Scholars have pointed out the similarities between the Hurrian creation myth and the story from Greek mythology of Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus.[3]
According to mythology, Alalu fled to the underworld.
Family tree of Alalu
Notes
- ^ Leick, Gwendolyn. Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology. Routledge: 1998. p. 106.
- ^ Hopkins, David, ed. Across the Anatolian Plateau: Readings in the Archaeology of Ancient Turkey. American Schools of Oriental Research: 2001. pg. 112.
- ^ M.L. West, Hesiod Theogony (1966:18-31; G.S. Kirk, Myth: Its Meaning and Function in Ancient and Other Cultures (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1970:214-20.
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