Hittites is a society, Indo Europan origin and lived in Anatolia since B.
C. second millenium. Hittites had polytheistic religion. They set rituals for a
deities in their religious life. They used numereous objects in their religious
rituals.
When the Hittites set religious rituals, they used to trees. Some trees
were used as a offerings object to the their gods by the Hittites. Also some
trees were used different aims depart from as a offering object.
Cedar, Tamarisk, Olive tree, Laurel Tree, Date palm, Boxwood were used in
the religious rituals by the Hitttites. Also GISeya, GIShatalkešna,
GIShatiwa, GISMA.NU, muhtema, GISparnulli, GISLAM.GAL,
GIShuwalliš, GISkurakki, couldn’t describing to which tree,
were used in the Hittite rituals. In this paper, we
will examine which trees were used and it’s using aims in the religious ritual
of Hittites according to Hittites cuneiform texts and their archaeological
remains.
Ancient Trees Trees in Religion Hittite Trees Anatolian Trees
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Review Papers |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 18 Haziran 2019 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 3 Ekim 2018 |
Kabul Tarihi | 26 Aralık 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1 |
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