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TIL landscape was sacred for Hittites: "No one violates a boundary or road, for boundaries are the knees of the Storm-god and a road is his chest. If someone violates a boundary, he makes the Storm-god weary in his knees, if someone violates a road, he makes the Storm-god weary in his chest."

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