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According to a Hittite description of a statuette of the Protective God, he was depicted as a man standing on a deer, with a bow in his right hand and eagle and hares in his left hand. Iron Age depictions of Runtiya, like the
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The name is possibly derived from a word for "horn" or "antler", but all the etymologies which have been proposed to date are problematic. The relationship between Runtiya and the
490: 160: 139:: Rondas (Ρωνδας), Rozarmas (Ρωζαρμας; Luwian: *Runt-zalma- "Runtiya is safety") and Rondbies (Ρωνδβιης; Luwian: Runt(a)-piya- "Runtiya-Gift"). 228: 345:. Volume III: Inscriptions of the Hettite Empire and New Inscriptions of the Iron Age. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2024. p. 631. 124:; others suggest that there was a pre-Indo-European Anatolian divinity which the Luwian Runtiya and the Hittite Kurunta had developed. 246: 217: 423: 113:, he was named "Runtiya" and his name was generally written with the image of a deer or antlers, as (DEUS) CERVUS ("God deer"). 500: 403: 40: 522: 382: 350: 120:
is disputed. Some scholars argue that the two gods are identical and reconstruct an older Luwian form of the name, *
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Immaršia is listed immediately after the "Great Protective God" (LAMMA GAL). Another relevant Luwian deity was
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in Rough Cilica, especially since the lists of priests of the sanctuary in the nearby grottos of
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show him as a beardless god standing on a deer, with a peaked cap and a bow over his shoulder.
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Runtiya was often invoked in personal names: the oldest example derives the 18th century BC
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Divinities are also known from the Bronze Age which were referred to with the Luwian word
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Fomin, Maxim. "Hunting the deer in Celtic and Indo-European mythological contexts". In:
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During the Bronze Age, he was the treated as a protective deity, the son of the Sun god
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The Luwian Population Groups of Lycia and Cilicia Aspera During the Hellenistic Period
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The Luwian Population Groups of Lycia and Cilicia Aspera During the Hellenistic Period
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Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His 65th Birthday
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Celtic myth in the 21st Century: The Gods and their Stories in a Global Perspective
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It is generally agreed that Runtiya lived on in the cult of Hermes at
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Runtiya was closely linked with the deer and his Iron Age epithets
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was named immediately before ᴰLAMMA šarlaimi and in the cult of
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Collins, Billie Jean. "On the Trail of the Deer: Hittite
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period, Runtiya and Ala-Kubaba shared a sanctuary at
293:"Rašap of the he-goats" or "Rašap of the birds"). 105:, which can be read as *Runtiya or *Kruntiya. In 66:god of the hunt, who had a close connection with 530: 343:Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions 263:god Imbramos or Imbrasos (Ἴμβρασος) which 443:. E. J. Brill, Leiden 1961, pp. 128–131. 419:Dissertation, Chicago 2008, pp. 269 f. ( 417:Sociolinguistics of the Luvian Language. 47: 41:question marks, boxes, or other symbols 531: 469:. E. J. Brill, Leiden 1961, pp. 211ff. 309: 486:Geschichte der hethitischen Religion 465:Philo Hendrik Jan Houwink Ten Cate: 439:Philo Hendrik Jan Houwink Ten Cate: 13: 517:Volume 1.68). Brill, Leiden 2003, 495:Volume 1.15). Brill, Leiden 1994, 14: 555: 326:as part of their personal names. 43: instead of cuneiform script. 21: 475: 89: 459: 446: 433: 409: 388: 363: 335: 1: 329: 189: 296: 95: 78:The name was written in the 7: 515:Handbuch der Orientalistik. 285:Runtiya is identified with 10: 560: 491:Handbuch der Orientalistik 88: 155:. His partner was "Lady 142: 73: 265:Stephanus of Byzantium 56: 29:This article contains 16:Luwian god of the hunt 359:10.1515/9783110778854 341:Hawkins, John David. 174:). Runtiya's epithet 51: 525:. pp. 211–280. 322:frequently include 320:Cennet and Cehennem 107:Hieroglyphic Luwian 456:46, 1974, pp. 689. 426:2012-02-22 at the 310:Subsequent history 283:Karatepe Bilingual 57: 501:978-9-004-09799-5 415:Ilya Yakubovich: 404:978-1-78683-205-4 37:rendering support 551: 470: 463: 457: 452:Wolfgang Fauth: 450: 444: 437: 431: 413: 407: 392: 386: 367: 361: 339: 267:identified with 255: 237: 226: 169: 151:and the goddess 104: 101: 100: 93: 92: 91: 80:Luwian cuneiform 52:Runtiya, on the 31:cuneiform script 25: 24: 559: 558: 554: 553: 552: 550: 549: 548: 529: 528: 478: 473: 464: 460: 451: 447: 438: 434: 428:Wayback Machine 414: 410: 393: 389: 368: 364: 340: 336: 332: 312: 299: 249: 231: 220: 213:, the divinity 192: 163: 145: 98: 97: 76: 46: 45: 44: 35:Without proper 26: 22: 17: 12: 11: 5: 557: 547: 546: 541: 527: 526: 507:Manfred Hutter 504: 477: 474: 472: 471: 458: 445: 432: 408: 387: 362: 333: 331: 328: 311: 308: 298: 295: 191: 188: 144: 141: 135:examples from 75: 72: 39:, you may see 27: 20: 19: 18: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 556: 545: 542: 540: 537: 536: 534: 524: 523:90-04-13009-8 520: 516: 512: 508: 505: 502: 498: 494: 492: 487: 483: 480: 479: 468: 462: 455: 449: 442: 436: 429: 425: 422: 418: 412: 405: 401: 397: 391: 384: 383:1-57506-079-5 380: 376: 372: 366: 360: 356: 352: 351:9783110778854 348: 344: 338: 334: 327: 325: 321: 317: 307: 305: 304:Karasu relief 294: 292: 288: 284: 281: 277: 272: 270: 266: 262: 257: 253: 248: 245: 241: 235: 230: 224: 219: 216: 212: 208: 203: 201: 197: 187: 185: 181: 177: 173: 167: 162: 158: 154: 150: 140: 138: 134: 130: 125: 123: 119: 114: 112: 108: 103: 85: 81: 71: 69: 65: 61: 55: 54:Karasu relief 50: 42: 38: 34: 32: 544:Hunting gods 514: 510: 489: 485: 482:Volkert Haas 476:Bibliography 466: 461: 453: 448: 440: 435: 416: 411: 395: 390: 374: 370: 365: 342: 337: 323: 313: 300: 290: 273: 258: 206: 204: 199: 195: 193: 175: 161:Arısama Dağı 146: 126: 121: 115: 77: 59: 58: 28: 539:Luwian gods 511:The Luwians 421:PDF; 2.2 MB 250: [ 232: [ 221: [ 180:Neo-Hittite 164: [ 133:Hellenistic 122:Krunti(ya)- 533:Categories 330:References 280:Phoenician 190:Meadow god 84:Bronze Age 297:Depiction 207:im(ma)ra- 153:Kamrušepa 424:Archived 291:ršp ṣprm 229:Ištanuwa 176:šarlaimi 172:Emirgazi 111:Iron Age 90:𒀭𒆗𒄿𒀀 62:was the 454:Gnomon. 373:". In: 371:kurāla- 324:Ro(nd)- 316:Korykos 287:Resheph 274:In the 247:Immarni 218:Imralli 211:Ḫubišna 200:Imrassi 196:Imralli 137:Cilicia 129:Kültepe 118:Kurunta 109:of the 82:of the 60:Runtiya 521:  499:  402:  381:  349:  276:Luwian 269:Hermes 261:Carian 64:Luwian 254:] 236:] 225:] 184:Ancoz 170:near 168:] 149:Tiwaz 99:LAMMA 519:ISBN 497:ISBN 400:ISBN 379:ISBN 347:ISBN 259:The 198:and 143:Role 74:Name 68:deer 513:(= 488:(= 355:doi 157:Ala 102:-ya 86:as 535:: 484:: 430:). 353:, 256:. 252:de 238:, 234:de 223:de 186:. 166:de 503:. 493:. 406:. 385:. 357:: 289:( 278:- 244:ᴰ 240:ᴰ 215:ᴰ 96:ᴰ 33:.

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cuneiform script
rendering support
question marks, boxes, or other symbols

Karasu relief
Luwian
deer
Luwian cuneiform
Bronze Age
Hieroglyphic Luwian
Iron Age
Kurunta
Kültepe
Hellenistic
Cilicia
Tiwaz
Kamrušepa
Ala
Arısama Dağı
de
Emirgazi
Neo-Hittite
Ancoz
Ḫubišna

Imralli
de
Ištanuwa
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