No origin myth for Miyatanzipa is preserved in the supplied sources. Attestations are limited to placement within Hittite divine-name lists and participation in the Telipinu cycle: Miyatanzipa is recorded as one of the deities who sat under a hawthorn tree awaiting Telipinu's return and appears in brief ritual invocation fragments. Beyond these catalogue and narrative contexts, the sources supply no narrative of birth, creation, or origin for this deity.
The provided material does not supply any physical description or iconography for Miyatanzipa. The name is attested in Hittite sources both in its syllabic form Miyatanzipa and by the logographic writing SUMUQAN (rendered as sum GR Miyatanzipa in divine-name lists). No visual attributes, cult images, or descriptive passages are preserved in the cited excerpts.
The sources record behavior rather than explicit supernatural abilities: Miyatanzipa is named as one of the deities who sat under the hawthorn (ippiyas/Thippiyas) tree awaiting the return of Telipinu, and in a variant account is said to have sat under the ippiyas tree when the goddess Hannahanna found the hunting bag. Miyatanzipa is also attested in short ritual invocation fragments (e.g., the formulaic line "When I invoke the deity Miyatanzipa. Finished."). The supplied material contains no statements of specific powers, cultic specialization, or magical functions beyond these participatory roles.
*Perkʷūnos
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*Péh₂usōn (reconstructed)
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Abaddon
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Aban Yasht
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Abath
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Abatur
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Abatwa (Twa / Batwa)
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Abellio
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Abraham
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Abraun
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Abtin
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- [2]Šumugan (Wikipedia). Wikipedia entry noting logographic usages (SUMUQAN/GR) in Hittite sources relevant to deity-name writings.wiki
- [3]Aškašepa (Wikipedia). Wikipedia entry used comparatively for naming-classes and pantheon context (example of similarly structured deity-names).wiki
- [4]Miles of Clay: Information Management in the Ancient Near Eastern Hittite Empire. Scholarly resource providing transcriptions and discussion of Hittite ritual and administrative texts (used for ritual fragment context).academic
- [5]Hittite Divine Names list. Online transcription of the Hittite Divine Names list showing the entry 'sum GR Miyatanzipa'.other
- [6]06 Hittite and Hurrian deities: part4. Web-summary of Hittite and Hurrian deity lists and mythic associations (used for the hawthorn/Telipinu association).other
- [7]Pick Your God: M. Online summary listing brief attestations of Miyatanzipa in Hittite sources.other
- [8]ROOTSHUNT: Hittite religion. Web summary of Hittite religious practice and deity lists referenced for catalogue context.other
- [9]eCUIP : The Digital Library (Hittite material). Digital library resource with transcriptions and commentary on Hittite ritual fragments (used for invocation fragment citation).academic