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Hittite Myths, 2nd edition

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Divinity Atlas. "Hittite Myths, 2nd edition." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/hittite-myths-2nd-edition.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Hittite Myths, 2nd edition. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/hittite-myths-2nd-edition

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-hittite-myths-2nd-edition,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Hittite Myths, 2nd edition},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/hittite-myths-2nd-edition},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Harry Hoffner was a specialist Hittitologist, and this is the Society of Biblical Literature's standard scholarly English translation of the Hittite and Hurrian mythological texts, the Illuyanka myth, the Telipinu myth and the Kumarbi cycle, made directly from the cuneiform tablets and revised into a second edition under Gary Beckman's editorship incorporating scholarship since the first. That direct philological method and documented revision are the edition's real evidentiary basis. Use it for the content of these Hittite and Hurrian myths as this scholarly translation renders them; a claim resting on a disputed reading of a damaged or fragmentary tablet needs the specialist Hittitological literature addressed directly.

Facts

Citation

Author

Harry A. Hoffner Jr. (Gary M. Beckman, ed.)

Publisher

Society of Biblical Literature (Writings from the Ancient World)

Publication Year

1998

URL

https://archive.org/details/hittitemyths0000unse_g3z5

Source Type

primary-text

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Harry Hoffner's scholarly English translations of the Hittite and Hurrian myths including Illuyanka, Telipinu and the Kumarbi cycle, published by the Society of Biblical Literature.

Notes

Scholarly English translations of the Hittite/Hurrian myths (Illuyanka, Telipinu, the Kumarbi cycle).

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Hittites

This source names Hittites directly: "Harry Hoffner was a specialist Hittitologist, and this is the Society of Biblical Literature's standard scholarly English translation of the Hittite and Hurrian mythological texts, the Illuyanka..."

Source Hittite Myths, 2nd editionHarry A. Hoffner Jr. (Gary M. Beckman, ed.)

Hurrians

This source names Hurrians directly: "Harry Hoffner was a specialist Hittitologist, and this is the Society of Biblical Literature's standard scholarly English translation of the Hittite and Hurrian mythological texts, the Illuyanka..."

Source Hittite Myths, 2nd editionHarry A. Hoffner Jr. (Gary M. Beckman, ed.)

Kumarbi

This source names Kumarbi directly: "myth, the Telipinu myth and the Kumarbi cycle, made directly from the cuneiform tablets and revised into a second edition under Gary Beckman's editorship incorporating scholarship since the first."

Source Hittite Myths, 2nd editionHarry A. Hoffner Jr. (Gary M. Beckman, ed.)

Telipinu

This source names Telipinu directly: "texts, the Illuyanka myth, the Telipinu myth and the Kumarbi cycle, made directly from the cuneiform tablets and revised into a second edition under Gary Beckman's editorship incorporating..."

Source Hittite Myths, 2nd editionHarry A. Hoffner Jr. (Gary M. Beckman, ed.)

Claims Backed By This Source (142 claims)

This source backs 142 claims across the atlas. As facts: 105 well-attested. As cited relationships: 15 holds. Plus 22 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.