Kamrusepas T-Shirt

Kamrusepas is a healer goddess of the Hittites, a people who lived in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and Northern Syria, around 2000-1200BCE. The Hittite pantheon of "the Thousand Gods" is comprised of many gods from many sources, including Sumeria and Babylon, Assyria, and even India. Kamrusepas was known as a powerful magician and healer, who could heal paralysis and cure illness by "loosening that which is bound." According to legend, Kamrusepas was responsible for healing the agriculture and fertility god Telepinu of His anger. In His rage He had withdrawn from the world, taking all His possessions with Him. Without His life-giving gifts, nothing on Earth or the world of the gods would grow. Fires could not be lit, plants and animals died, and even the gods starved. On the orders of the Mother-goddess Hannahannas, a bee was sent to sting Telepinu and goad Him from hiding. This, naturally enough, did not do much for His temper, and when He returned, Kamrusepas performed a complex ritual, calming the God with honey and fruits, and banishing His anger to the Underworld.