Brief introduction of Hittite myth

Hittite religion also copied the polytheism of Mesopotamia. Religious activities, including divination, sacrifice, fasting and prayer, have no ethical significance. Hittites used cuneiform to describe their Indo-European languages and created Hittite cuneiform. Hittite also has 1 set of hieroglyphs, which are used for inscriptions and seals, possibly influenced by the original Hittite hieroglyphs and Egyptian hieroglyphs.

But so far, these hieroglyphs have not been successfully interpreted. The Hittite's most outstanding cultural achievement is the legal system. Hittite law, represented by Hittite code, is more humane than Babylonian law, and there are not many crimes of death penalty, not to mention torture such as peeling, castration and nailing stakes in Assyrian law.

Hittite's artistic talent is not very outstanding. But their sculptures are novel and vivid, especially the relief works on the stone walls. Beside the city gate and the palace gate, there are usually huge and vivid stone lions. Their building materials are mostly huge stones, which are obviously superior to the adobe in the two river basins. The historical achievement of Hittite civilization lies not only in the discovery and use of iron, but also in its role as an intermediary for cultural exchanges between the two river basins and western West Asia.

Undoubtedly, some cultural elements spread from Mesopotamia to Canaanites and Hyksos through this intermediary, and may even spread to Aegean islands. Hittite civilization is one of the main ties between Egyptian civilization, two-river basin civilization and Aegean civilization.