Resheph
Resheph is a Syrian protective deity who safeguarded his worshippers from the 3rd millennium BC. In a later Palmyrene Aramaic inscription, he is paired with Arsu/Ruda.
↻ synthesized from 15 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 200
- Historical notes
- Protective deity for worshippers from the 3rd millennium BC; paired with Ruda in Palmyrene inscriptions.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nuhay, Atarsamain, Enlil, Lases, Aštabi, Ninlil, Erra, Ereshkigal, Mammitum, Simut, Sin, Ashtart, Athirat, Kothar, Šimige, Mot, Ḥoranu, Tunnan, Amun, Anat, Miket, Hauron, Shatiqatu, Arsaphes, Dagan, Shalim, Shahar, Tunnanu, Horon, Attapar, Ẓiẓẓu-wa-Kāmaṯu, Milku, Yam, Hadabal, Hadda, Nergal, Horus, Nemty, Neferhotep, Jupiter Ammon, Kherty, Medjed, Nehebkau, Qebehsenuef, Ihy, Panebtawy, Ra-Horakhty, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Mehen, Shepsy, Iah, Shezmu, Nebnerou, Peteese, Pihor, Ruty, Shemanefer, Mnevis, Sah, Kolanthes, Irer, Sedjem, Igai, Ḥutchai, Qebui, Shehbui, Khenti-kheti, Petbe, Rem, Rekhyt, Sepa, Maga, Imsety, Kemwer, Khenti-Amentiu, Khesfu, Kneph, Mau, Nefer Hor, Nekheny, Pataikos, Sahekek, Sebeg, Sed, Sekhemus, Sepes, Septu, Seta-Ta, Setcheh, Setem, Adamma, Kubaba, Admu, Kura, Išḫara, Hadda of Aleppo, Barama, Ishum, Kumarbi, Nabarbi, Allani, Shuwala, Nupatik, Ugur, Hebat, Shuwaliyat, Alḫe, Tadmuštum, Šubula, Sed, Arsay, Shapash, Milkaštart, El, Mandulis, Sebiumeker, Serapis, ʿAṯtar, Ištar
- serves
- Shapash
- consort of
- Adamma
- served by
- Re’i-Malik, Ennai
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“in a later Palmyrene Aramaic inscription, Arsu/Ruda is paired with the Syrian god Resheph, a protective deity for his worshippers from the 3rd millennium BC.”
#3776 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Other major deities frequently compared to or syncretised with him include the western god Resheph, best attested in Ebla and Ugarit, who was also a god of war, plague and death, and Elamite Simut, who was likely a warrior god and shared Nergal's association with the planet Mars.”
#13607 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In KTU 1.82, another incantation against snakebite, Shapshu is one of three benign gods (along with Baal and Anat) invoked to protect the victim from the depredations of Tunnan, Resheph, Mot, various serpents, and the creatures of Ḥoranu.”
#16111 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the weather god Baal and the underworld god Resheph, and is meant to signify high status. Furthermore, a single passage refers to him as "the most pleasant of the gods" (n’mn ‘ilm), which was apparently meant to highlight his physical attractiveness. According to Dennis Pardee, it is possible he was believed to spend the day in the underworld.”
#19562 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“During the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC), several deities from Canaanite religion were incorporated into that of Egypt, including Baal, Resheph, and Anat.”
#20819 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5