Shapshu
Shapshu, also called Shapsh or Shamshu, was a Canaanite sun goddess. She also served as the royal messenger of the high god El, her probable father. Her most common epithets in the Ugaritic corpus are nrt ỉlm špš ("Shapshu, lamp of the gods", also translated as "torch" or "luminary" of the gods by various authors), rbt špš ("great lady Shapshu"), and špš ʿlm ("eternal Shapshu").
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When
- First attested
- 1400 BCE
- Attested period
- -1400 – -1200
- Historical notes
- Attested in Ugaritic texts.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yarikh, Dadmiš, Kinnaru, Gaṯaru, Arsay, Kothar, Gupan, Ugar, Tallay, Qudšu, Amrur, Shamash, Utu, Šimige, Mot, Išḫara, Pidray, Ilib, ʿAṯtar, Yam, Lotan, Athtar, Athirat
- child of
- El
- manifested by
- Shamshu
- allied with
- Baal, Ḥoranu, Anat, Kothar-wa-Khasis
Mentioned by
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Sources
Source passages
“The first appearance of Shapshu in the Baal Cycle is in KTU 1.2 iii, where she brings Aṯtar the news of Yam's accession to the kingship by the will of El, and may warn him of the possible consequences if he opposes El's decision and attempts to claim the throne for himself.”
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“such as Shapshu, Arsay, Išḫara and Kinnaru. Another ritual text mentions the sacrifice of multiple bulls and rams to Anat. Additionally, a burnt offering of a bull and a ram to "Anat of Ṣaphon" is singled out near the end of the tablet. Anat of Saphon receives the same offering according to another source, listing the sacrifices made to her, as well as Ilib, El, Baal and Pidray, in the temple of Baal. In the same source she is also the recipient of a bull and a ram as a peace offering, in this p”
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“Shapshu, the sun god and a mediator of messages between rival gods”
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