ʿAttar-Šamayin
deity sky Aramaean single tradition · 1
ʿAttar-Šamayin is one of the hypostases of the Aramaean ʿAttar, known as the ʿAttar of the Heavens. He was the incarnation of the sky's procreative power in the form of moisture provided by rain, which made fertile his consort, the goddess of the Earth dried up by summer heat. Due to his role as a provider of rain, his epithet 'of the Heavens' refers to his manifestation as lightning and thunder in the skies.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – -800
- Historical notes
- Earliest record from an 8th-century BC Aramaic inscription on a cylinder seal belonging to Barruq.
Relationships
- aspect of
- ʿAṯtar
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“One of the hypostases of the Aramaean ʿAttar was 𐡏𐡕𐡓𐡔𐡌𐡉𐡍 (ʿAttar-Šamayin), that is the ʿAttar of the Heavens: in this role, ʿAttar was the incarnation of the sky's procreative power in the form of the moisture provided by rain”
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