a dyad with her. Her name means "she of justice." It has been proposed that she was an underworld goddess, and in one case she appears in a ritual alongside Allani and Ishara. Piotr Tarcha assumes that she can be considered a personified attribute or epithet of Hebat. Hebat could also form a dyad alongside one of her children, usually Šarruma, though attestations of Allanzu in such a role are known too. Two deities are attested in the role of Hebat's sukkal (divine attendant), Takitu and Tiyabenti. While only Takitu appears in myths, she and Tiyabenti coexist in ritual texts, where both can accompany their mistress, which according to Marie-Claude Trémouille means that theories according to which one of them was merely an epithet of the other are unsubstantiated. Sun goddess of Arinna and Hebat In an effort to harmonize the dynastic pantheon of the Hittite kings, which was influenced by Hurrian religion, with the state pantheon consisting out of Hattic and Hittite deities (of hurrian, sumerian, luwian origin) , attempts were made to syncretise Hebat and the Sun goddess of Arinna. The best known source attesting it is a prayer of queen Puduḫepa, wife of Ḫattušili III: Piotr Taracha considers it impossible that this idea was adopted into everyday religious practices of the general Hittite population. Gary Beckman refers to it as a "rare and exceptional" example. Daniel Schwemer notes that the character of the Sun goddess of Arinna was dissimilar to that of Hebat. as unlike the latter she had a well established individual role in the pantheon. Furthermore, Hebat never replaced her in her traditional position in treaties and similar documents. Mythology Hebat is mentioned in passing in the Song of Ḫedammu when Ea warns Teshub that if the conflict between him and Kumarbi continues, the gods' human followers might be harmed, leading to Hebat having to work to provide gods with food. She also appears in the Song of Ullikummi, in which the eponymous monster blocks the entrance of her temple, making her unable to communicate with other gods. She tasks her sukkal Takitu with finding out the fate of her husband Teshub after his initial confrontation with Ullikummi, and laments his absence. Later Teshub's brother Tashmishu manages to bring a message from him to Hebat, which almost makes her falls from the roof of her temple. To prevent that, her servanbts have to hold her.