Horrible Histories: Ludicrous Luwians

by Damien F. Mackey My guess (and that is all it is at this early stage) is that the Luwians, or Hurrians, were one of those Philistine enclaves in other peoples’ lands. A reader, properly appreciating the ramifications of a radically revised Anatolian geography, as laid out in my article: Search for the Median empire (3) Search for the Median empire has well anticipated the need for further identifications: Dear Damien, relocation of Media to central&south Anatolia would place it smack in Luwite territory. Take it from there. …. My response: The Luwians, it seems to me … are one of those languages-without-a-people sorts of scenarios. Like the Hurrians. Now, given Brock Heathcotte’s letter w(a) and r interchange - thus Assuwa becomes Assyria: Mitanni and Urartu the same place: Heathcotte (3) Mitanni and Urartu the same place: Heathcotte - and given the variation of the first consonant, thus the Luwians were also called Nuwians, then it is not hard to make that actual connection, Luwian = Hurrian: NLuw(r)ian = Hur(r)ian. But who were the Hurrians? My guess (and that is all it is at this early stage) is that the Luwians, or Hurrians, were one of those Philistine enclaves in other peoples’ lands. Another of the many guises of the Philistines (or related peoples): An early study of Philistine origins (4) An early study of Philistine origins