Šimige
Šimige is a Hurrian deity who appears in a curse formula of the Hurrian king Tish-Atal of Urkesh alongside Belet Nagar, Lubadag, Teshub, and Nergal.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 2300 BCE
- Attested period
- -2300 – 0
- Historical notes
- Attested in inscription of Hurrian king Tish-Atal of Urkesh in curse formula.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Allatum, Annunitum, Nanaya, Belet-Šuḫnir, Belet-Terraban, Dagan, Lagamal, Ikshudum, Ishum, Ningal, Ea, Suen, Mamu, Mamud, Kittum, Eyan, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Lahar, Mot, Shapshu, Ḥoranu, Tunnan, Teshub, Sun god of Heaven, Sun goddess of Arinna, Ḫepat, Nikkal, Šauška, Aya, Allani, Sun goddess of the Earth, Kothar, Šiwini, Tušpuea, Adad, Nupatik, Pišaišapḫi, Ea-šarri, Tašmišu, Ashtart, Aštabi, Shapash, Yarikh, Ḫanat, Shamash, Baal, Resheph, Ištar
- syncretized with
- Utu, Šapšu, Shamash, Sun god of Heaven, Tiwaz, Lugalbanda
- consort of
- Aya, Ayu-Ikalti
- child of
- divine ancestors
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“she appears alongside Hurrian deities Lubadag (Nupatik), Šimige and Teshub, as well as the Mesopotamian Nergal”
#9208 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Hurrian sources Aya was also viewed as the spouse of a sun god, Šimige. A trilingual Sumero-Hurro-Ugaritic edition of the Weidner god list from Ugarit attests the equivalence between Shamash (Utu), Šimige and the local sun goddess Šapšu.”
#15774 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Theophoric names relating to Shapshu are numerous at Ugarit, including 66 individual names; the Hurrian sun deity Šimige also appears nine times. Her name is the fourth most common seen in personal names, behind the names of Baal, El, and Resheph.”
#16107 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Sun god of Heaven was identified with the Hurrian solar deity, Šimige.”
#17339 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In myths, Šimige often appears as one of the allies of Teshub. However, he is relatively sparsely attested in such texts, and his individual character remains poorly known.”
#17392 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5