ULLIKUMMI
The giant stonemonster which Kumarbi fathered on the Hurrian sea god's daughter, and then placedon the shoulder of Upelluri, the Atlas of Hurrian myth. Ullikummi grew so fast andhuge that it reached the heavens, at which point Teshub, having failed to make anyimpression on the giant with his thunder and rain, fled, abdicating the throne andasking Ea for his help. Ea went to visit Upelluri who, absorbed in his meditations, had not even felt the stone giant being put on his shoulder, as he told Ea. Ea then cutthe feet of the giant off from the dreaming god's shoulder, and it toppled, and its powerwas broken.
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