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Hannahanna (from Hittite hanna- "grandmother") is a Hittite Mother Goddess. Writing: DINGIR.MAH or dNIN.TU. She is the creator of mankind and in charge of pregnancy and birth.

Characteristics
Associated with river banks.

Pregnancy and birth
During child birth the midwife recites an incantation that describes how the gods each received a city. After six deities have received their share of the land, there is nothing left for Hannahanna. The incantation concludes: "There did not remain any place for the Great Goddess but mankind". Ref to Beckman 1983: 22-23 and his translation. Divine midwife.

Vanishing god myths
Hannahanna figures prominently in the Anatolian Vanishing God myths.

Associates
Gulses (fate deities). Christopher Siren reports that Hannahannah is associated with the Gulses.

Origins
Although Hannahanna is usually considered an indigenous Anatolian deity, she is only attested in compositions from the Middle Hittite period, a time when Hittite religious thought came under the influence of Mesopotamian culture. It is therefore possible that Hannahanna is the Anatolian version of the Mesopotamian goddess DINGIR.MAH, likewise the creator of mankind, and in charge of pregnancy and birth.