Namni and Hazzi (Namni and Ḫazzi) are a duo of Mountain Gods in Hurrian mythology. Divine duos are a religious, artistic and economic trend in civilizations of the Bronze Age. Namni and Hazzi are the personification of two mountains.
Duos are often called twins though they might be opposites or differ in looks or behavior. The Divine Twins of Proto-Indo-European origin are a warrior and a healer. Fate goddesses Hutena and Hutellera may be depicted as mirror images.
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Namni and Hazzi are as old as rocks. Hazzi corresponds to Jebel al-Aqra, a limestone mountain on the Syrian/Turkish border. Historically it's also called Saphon and Cassius. Namni's mountain is not identified.
On offering lists Namni and Hazzi place right behind the Divine Bulls Šeri and Ḫurri, who pull the chariot of the Hurrian storm god Teshub (Teshop, Teššub). Offering lists, God lists or kaluti determine the order of gods who receive sacrifice, the type of sacrifice given and when.
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Thanks to the work of Queen Pruduhepa and others, the godly accounts offer a treasury of information. A priestess in her home land of Kizzuwatna, she worked to list and order the thousands of Hittite Gods and Goddesses, and their divine attendants.
The two mountain gods Namni and Hazzi appear often in epics, myth and songs, including the Song of Ullikummi, but rarely play a significant part. According to local God lists and mythology they're in the entourage of Teshub, the Hurrian storm god.
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In the ancient world Namni and Hazzi also have a center of worship in Aleppo, Syria. They tend to show up in the God lists of other people, such as the Hittites.
They appear in birth rituals, oath rituals and receive veneration at a festival known as ḫišuwa. In Šapinuwa, a Bronze Age city in today's Turkey, Namni and Hazzi are named among the main deities worshipped.
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