num_pages: 136
description: This work contains the first English translations of a collection of Hittite myths. The translations are based on the original tablets on which the myths were written, and take into account recent textual discoveries and published studies on the texts. Revised and augmented, this second edition includes additional introductions to each myth and a newly published Hurrian myth, "The Song of Release," dealing with legal and social institutions in ancient Babylonia and Israel. Accessible to nonspecialists, the translations also preserve column and line count for the convenience of scholars.
language: English
title: Hittite Myths
titlecomplete: Hittite Myths
genres: Anthropology, Religion, Ancient History, Mythology, Folklore, History
ratings_count: 69
series: Writings from the Ancient World
publisher: Society of Biblical Literature