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Shachar

deity Ugaritic single tradition · 1

Shachar ('Dawn') is one of the children of El, born after El lay with two women on the shores of the sea. The Ugaritic text Shachar and Shalim tells of this event.

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 1920
Historical notes
Appears in Ugaritic texts.

Relationships

co occurs with
Raḥmayyu, Hadad, Baal, Asherah, Yam, Athirat, ʾil-ʾib, Mot, Dagnu, Ba'l Ṣapān
sibling of
Shalim
child of
ʼĒl

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. El (deity)

Source passages

“The Ugaritic text Shachar and Shalim tells how (perhaps near the beginning of all things) El came to the shores of the sea and saw two women who bobbed up and down. He then lay with them, and they gave birth to Shachar ('Dawn') and Shalim ('Dusk').”

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