The Weather god of Nerik is a Hittite weather god, who was mainly worshipped in the Hittite city of Nerik, whose cult was relocated to Kaà ¡tama and Takupà ¡a for two hundred years after the Hittites lost Nerik to the Kaskians. He was also referred to as Nerak or Nerikkil.
In ancient Anatolia, weather gods were the rulers of the sky and the mountains. They cast down the thunder, lightning, clouds, rain and storms. The weather god of Nerik was also worshipped as a sender of rain, and as a fertility deity.
In the official Hittite state pantheon, the Weather god of Nerik was considered the son of the Weather god of Ḫatti and the Sun goddess of Arinna. However, at his cult centre in Nerik he was instead considered to be the son of the Hattian god à  ulinkatte and Wuruà ¡emu, the Sun goddess of the Earth (eventually syncretized with Hattian Lelwani).
The partner of the Weather god of Nerik was the goddess , the Lady of the Palace. During droughts, the winter and after the harvest, it was said that the Weather god of Nerik was asleep in Teà ¡imi's lap. In Nerik, Teà ¡imi was also considered to be the partner of the god Telipinu.
After the return of the Weather god of Nerik from exile in Kaà ¡tama, his statue was worshipped in his temple in Nerik, along with the image of the goddess , the city goddess of Kaà ¡tama. This does not necessarily mean that they were considered to be a couple since the Weather god of Nerik was already partnered with the goddess Teà ¡imi and Zaà ¡á¸«apuna also had a partner already, the mountain god .