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{{Short description|Cult center of the Hittite sun goddess}}
[[File:Orthostates, Alaca Höyük 02.jpg|thumb|Relief of the Sun-Goddess of Arinna in [[Alaca Höyük]]]]

'''Arinna''' was the major cult center of the [[Hittites|Hittite]] [[Solar deity|sun-goddess]] known as <sup>d</sup>UTU <sup>URU</sup>''Arinna'' or "[[Sun goddess of Arinna|Sun-Goddess of Arinna]]", who is also sometimes identified as ''Arinniti'' or as ''Wuru(n)šemu''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Volkert Haas |title= Religionen des Alten Orients: Hethiter |location= Göttingen |date= 2011 |isbn= 978-3-525-51695-9 |page=226}}</ref> Arinna was located near [[Hattusa]], the Hittite capital.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bryce |first=Trevor |authorlink=Trevor Bryce |title=Life and Society in the Hittite World |url=https://archive.org/details/lifesocietyhitti00bryc |url-access=limited |year=2004 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lifesocietyhitti00bryc/page/n156 142]–143|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-927588-5 }}</ref>

The Sun-Goddess of Arinna is the most important one of three important solar deities of the [[Hittite mythology|Hittite pantheon]], besides <sup>d</sup>UTU ''nepisas'' 'the sun of the sky' and <sup>d</sup>UTU ''taknas'' 'the sun of the earth'.

She was considered to be the chief deity in some sources, in place of her husband. Her consort was the [[Tarḫunna|Storm-God]]; they and their children were all derived from the former [[Hattians|Hattic]] pantheon.

The goddess was also perceived to be a paramount [[chthonic]] or earth goddess. She becomes largely syncretised with the [[Hurri]]an goddess [[Hebat]], as the Hittite Storm-God was with [[Teshub]].

In the late 14th century BC, King [[Mursili II]] was particularly devoted to the Sun-Goddess of Arinna.

Karaşehir Hüyük has been suggested as the site of Arinna.

==See also==
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* [[Hittite mythology]]
* [[Alaca Höyük]]

==References==
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==Literature==
* [[Hans G. Güterbock]], ''An Addition to the Prayer of Muršili to the Sungoddess and Its Implications'', Anatolian Studies (1980).

[[Category:Earth goddesses]]
[[Category:Hittite deities]]
[[Category:Solar goddesses]]
[[Category:Hattusa]]

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