Illuyanka

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In Hittite mythology, Illuyanka was a serpentine dragon slain by Tarḫunz (dIM), the Hittite incarnation of the Hurrian sky god and storm god. It is known from Hittite cuneiform tablets found at Çorum-Boğazköy, location of the former Hittite capital Hattusa. The contest is a ritual of the Hattian spring festival of Puruli. The myth is found in Catalogue des Textes Hittites 321, which gives two consecutive versions.

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