From Kizzuwatna to Hattuša: How Gods were adopted into the Hittite State Cult

When different cultures come into contact, interactions between the respective religions and cultic practices may also occur, which can result in the attempt to equalize deities belonging to the respective cultural milieus. During the reorganization of the Hittite religious system by the Royal Family with the creation of the so-called “Dynastic Pantheon” in a Hurrian sense, several gods with Kizzuwatnean origins started to play a new important role in Hattusa. This paper offers an in-depth analysis of some gods of the Hurrian-Luwian context of Kizzuwatna, which were imported into the Hittite State Cult.