Özet:

Mountains were considered sacred by ancient societies due to their extending up into the sky, being perceived as a bridge of fertility connecting the sky and the earth and from their magnificence. This sanctity was named as the houses of the gods and goddesses or cult centers and formed the basis for positioning the mountains in a privileged place the ancient belief systems. The presence of sacralized mountains as well as the deified mountains is reflected in the Bronze Age texts in Anatolia, revealed that the mountains were seen as a reason for worship, as well as being a place of worship in ancient belief. The Kılıc/Kel Mountain (Cebel Akra) in the Yayladağ District of Hatay, which is recorded as Kasios/Casius, the sacred mountain of Zeus in ancient texts, was known as the sanctuary of the Weather Gods from the XVth century B.C. Kılıç Dag, which was known as the mountain of gods in the cuneiform records and named as Hazi/Hazzi, was especially considered as the holy mountain of the Hurrian Storm God Tešup. This mountain which is considered the throne of the Canaanite Storm God Baal in the Ugaritic tablets, was considered sacred in both the Neo-Assyrian cuneiform records and Ugaritic liturgical texts. The aim of this study is to show the acceptance of Kılıç Dag as a sacred place in the historical and mythical journeys of the Storm Gods in the historical and mythical journeys and the change in parallel with the dominant political power, within the historical framework the primary records of the period have been determined as the main source of evidence.

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