- the
Etruscan Bernadini tomb at
Palestrina and the 'Phoenician
Ivory of
Shapash' both
depict a
female sun deity,
though the sun cult at
Baalbek centred...
- this
portion of the tale obscure. The sun
stops shining as its
goddess Shapash joins Ba'al's
sister 'Anat in
burying him. 'Anat then
comes upon Mot, seizing...
-
which is not
known due to the
damaged text, but s/he is
confronted by
Shapash, who
tells her/him that El is to
bestow royal power on Yam, and so opposition...
- of a
female deity in what he
deems the "cuneiform
cultural sphere" is
Shapash. At the same time, both the
Amorites and the
Arameans viewed the solar...
-
alongside her is Ashtart.
Interactions between Anat and the sun
goddess Shapash and moon god
Yarikh are
described in
myths as well. In
Hurrian ritual texts...
-
construction of a
palace of his own. He is also
mentioned in the hymn to
Shapash which closes this
cycle of myths. In the Epic of Aqhat, he
makes the bow...
-
earthly fire Ishat,
Phoenician fire and
drought goddess slain by Anat
Shapash,
goddess of the sun Arinitti, sun
goddess of the city of Arinna, and the...
-
interpretation dubious. It
seems that by the
advice of the sun
goddess Shapash, Ba‘al
mates with a
heifer and
dresses the
resultant calf in his own clothes...
- mythology. An omen text
describes him as the
doorkeeper of the sun goddess,
Shapash, and
might identify him with the
planet Mars. He was also
venerated in...
-
Ugaritic trilingual list also
attests that Šimige and the
local solar deity Shapash were
considered equivalents of each other. Due to the
latter being female...
