THE USING OF TREES IN HITTITE RELIGIOUS RITUALS

Authors : Murat TURGUT

Pages : 22-30

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Publication Date : 2019-06-18

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :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 GIS eya, GIS hatalkešna, GIS hatiwa, GIS MA.NU, muhtema, GIS parnulli, GIS LAM.GAL, GIS huwalliš, GIS kurakki, 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.
Keywords : Ancient Trees, Trees in Religion, Hittite Trees, Anatolian Trees