Taru | |
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Hattian weather god | |
Major cult center | Nerik, Zippalanda |
Weapon | mace |
Animals | bull |
Symbol | lightning |
Equivalents | |
Hittite | Tarḫunna |
Luwian | Tarḫunz |
Palaic | Ziparwa |
Taru was a weather god worshiped in ancient Anatolia by Hattians. He was associated with the bull, and could be depicted in the form of this animal. It is presumed that the names of the Hittite and Luwian weather gods, Tarḫunna and Tarḫunz, while etymologically Indo-European, were meant to resemble Taru's as a result of Hattian cultural influence on other cultures of the region.