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Shapshu (Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎔𐎌 špš, "sun"), also called Shapsh or Shamshu, was a Canaanite sun goddess. She also served as the royal messenger of the high god El,: 323 her probable father. Her most common epithets in the Ugaritic corpus are nrt ỉlm špš ("Shapshu, lamp of the gods", also translated as "torch" or "luminary" of the gods by various authors), rbt špš…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shapshu | Gender | female | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shapshu | Parents | El (father)? | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shapshu | Planet | Sun | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tulid-Šamši | instance of | Old Akkadian names | 0.80 | text |
| the 6th century BCE Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II make reference to tḥt šmš | instance of | Azize suggests that cultural influence from Mesopotamia or the Greek cult of Helios may have led to identification of the deity as male.Funerary inscriptions | 0.80 | text |
| 'Kôṯaru | instance of | Many older translations include lines | 0.80 | text |
| your companion' | instance of | Many older translations include lines | 0.80 | text |
| but Wyatt translates 'Kothar-and-Hasis | instance of | Many older translations include lines | 0.80 | text |
| steer | instance of | Many older translations include lines | 0.80 | text |
| this have been used to suggest that Canaanite solar worship was incorporated into the worship of Yahweh | instance of | and cases | 0.80 | text |
| Shapshu | related to Cult | Unlike Shamash | 0.60 | section |
| Shapshu | related to Cult | Utu | 0.60 | section |
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