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| The Hitties absorbed their enemys gods and deities. It is unclear why this was so. They may have done it so that they would not break into civil war with the peoples that they had previsly conquered. | |||
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Heavily influenced by Mesopotamian mythology, the religion of the Hittites and Luwians retains noticeable Indo-European elements, for example Tarhun the god of thunder, and his conflict with the serpent Illuyanka.
The Luwian god of weather and lightning Pihassassa may be at the origin of Greek Pegasus. Depictions of hybrid animals (like hippogriffs, chimerae etc.) are typical for the Anatolian art of the period.
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The Hitties absorbed their enemys gods and deities. It is unclear why this was so. They may have done it so that they would not break into civil war with the peoples that they had previsly conquered.