- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1.100,
often interpreted as a myth, in
which the
Ugaritic sun
goddess Shapash implores him to help pḥlt, a
figure of
unknown character troubled by snakes...
- Asherah/Athirat
Other wives Children Anat
Ashtar Baal Mot
Shahar Shalim Shapash Yahweh Yam (Ugarit religions) Athtart? Hadad? 70 Sons in
Total Equivalents...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
