Shapash
deity sky Canaanite single tradition · 16
Shapash is a sun goddess among the Canaanites.
↻ synthesized from 16 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yarikh, Ka Sgni, Tiwaz, Sun god of Heaven, Kothar, Šiwini, Tušpuea, Magec, Unelanuhi, Oüa Chill, Siqiniq, He'-koo-lās, Uwahci∙ł, ʿAṯtart, ʾAṯirat, ʿAnat, ‘Athtart, ‘Anat, ‘Athtar, Ḫanat, Harmachis, Shahar, Tunnanu, Horon, Attapar, Ẓiẓẓu-wa-Kāmaṯu, Milku, Eyan, Rahmay, ‘Athtart, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Gupan, Ugar, Sheger, Ithm, Gaṯarāma, Gašaru, Milkaštart, Athtar, Išḫara, Dagan, Šaggar, Baal, Sin, Shamash, Utu, Sun goddess of Arinna, Allani, Ayu-Ikalti, Aya, Sun goddess of the Earth, Aten, Chaxiraxi, Ra, Sekhmet, Hathor, Amaterasu, Saulė, Päivätär, Beiwe, Bila, Wala, Bisal-Mariamma, Bomong, Pattini, Wurusemu, Tafukt, El, Atargatis, Lotan, Yamm, Nupatik, Aštabi, Ashtart, Shalim, Yam, Ptah, Ea, Adamma, ʿAṯtar, Anat, Baʿal, Athirat, Mot, Erra, Lugalirra
- syncretized with
- Šimige
- allied with
- Kothar-wa-Khasis, Ba‘al, Hauron, Ba‘al/Hadad, Gaṯaru
- served by
- Resheph
Mentioned by
- Athtar
- Išḫara
- Dagan
- Šaggar
- Baal
- Sin
- Shamash
- Utu
- Sun goddess of Arinna
- Allani
- Ayu-Ikalti
- Aya
- Sun goddess of the Earth
- Aten
- Chaxiraxi
- Ra
and 35 more
Sources
Source passages
“Canaanites (Shapash)”
#15370 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Manfred Krebernik notes that a well known example of a female deity in what he deems the "cuneiform cultural sphere" is Shapash.”
#17251 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Šimige and the local solar goddess Shapash were considered equivalents of each other. Due to the latter being female, the compilers of the list, seemingly to avoid the implications that she had a wife”
#17363 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In one of the offering lists from this city, Šaggar-wa-‘Iṯum receive a single ram after Athirat and before Shapash. According to Dennis Pardee, this is the only reference to the pair in ritual texts.”
#19430 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the sun goddess Shapash or both of these deities.”
#19567 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001