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Shapshu

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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Parents
El (father)?
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Shapshu

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Edges83
Triples106
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
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related to Cult · 22
Shapshu → Abimilki, Amarna, Arabia, Ashkelon, BCE Mesopotamia, EA, In, LUGAL, Mesopotamia, Northwest Semitic, Old Akkadian, Pharaoh, Shams, Similarly, Sumerogram, Tulid-Šamši, Tyre, Ugaritic, Umma-Šamaš, Unlike Shamash
related to Equation with Asherah · 20
Shapshu → Another, Asherah, Athirat, Athirat's, Both, El, In, K1, Lady Athirat, Most Beautiful Gods, Queen, Sea, Shahar, Shalim, The, The Gracious, The Lady, The Ugaritic, This, Ugaritic
related to In Bronze Age Levant and Mesopotamia · 16
Shapshu → Alalah, Amorite, Ebla, Eblaite, Ibbi-Sipish, Ibbi-Zikir, Iron Age Aramaic Sefire, No, Nur, Pettinato, SAL, Samaš, Shamshu, Sumerograms, The, Zikir
related to In Myth · 14
Shapshu → Aṯtar, Baal, Baal Cycle, El, El's, Epic, Here, KTU, Later, Mot, Page, The, Yam, Yam's
related to In Ugarit · 12
Shapshu → Baal, El, Evidence, Her, Hurrian, In, KTU, Resheph, She, Theophoric, Ugarit, Ugaritic
related to Name · 12
Shapshu → Alalah, Amorite, In, Late Bronze Age Ugarit, Middle Bronze Age Alalah, Middle Bronze Age Alalaḫ, Shamash, Shamshu, The, There, Ugarit, While
Gender · 1
Shapshu → female
Parents · 1
Shapshu → El (father)?
Planet · 1
Shapshu → Sun

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sun ktu deity el baal ugaritic solar also gods name names goddess ugarit one špš female texts may anat mot

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShapshuGenderfemale1.00infobox
ShapshuParentsEl (father)?1.00infobox
ShapshuPlanetSun1.00infobox
Tulid-Šamšiinstance ofOld Akkadian names0.80text
the 6th century BCE Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II make reference to tḥt šmšinstance ofAzize suggests that cultural influence from Mesopotamia or the Greek cult of Helios may have led to identification of the deity as male.Funerary inscriptions0.80text
'Kôṯaruinstance ofMany older translations include lines0.80text
your companion'instance ofMany older translations include lines0.80text
but Wyatt translates 'Kothar-and-Hasisinstance ofMany older translations include lines0.80text
steerinstance ofMany older translations include lines0.80text
this have been used to suggest that Canaanite solar worship was incorporated into the worship of Yahwehinstance ofand cases0.80text
Shapshurelated to CultUnlike Shamash0.60section
Shapshurelated to CultUtu0.60section

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