Shara
deity Sumerian single tradition · 9
Shara is a southern deity whose situation is analogous to that of Bau.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nergal, Zababa, Bau, Šakkan, Enki, Ninmah, Ea, Girra, Birdu, Turtle, Utu, Ninshubur, Geshtinanna, Ereshkigal, Dumuzid, Sirtur, Shakti, Ayudhapurusha, Heti, Gada, Kaumodaki, Dhanus, Dhanushya, Chakra, Sudarshana Chakra, Shankha, Padma, Ankusha, Pasha, Trisula, vajra, Khadga, Danda, Bana, Bhindi, Ninura, Enlil, Ištaran, Nanshe, Nasi, Nin-UM, Gula, Išḫara, Annunitum, Dagan, Aya, Ningirsu, Ninisina, Ninkarrak, Ninmug, SI.A-tum, Ninsianna, Ninegal, Ninurta, Ištar
- allied with
- Inanna, Dumuzi, Lulal, Latarak, Lugaledinna
- child of
- Inanna of Zabalam
- syncretized with
- Adad
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (9)
Source passages
“Chaabou Shara (god)”
#3680 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“a situation analogous to that of Ningirsu as an independent deity, as well as other southern deities such as Shara and Nanshe”
#10925 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The position of "temple administrator" is only attested among the clergy of Ninura and Shara in texts from Umma. Preparation of bricks for the construction of temples of Ninura and Shara is mentioned on a tablet from the Yale Babylonian Collection”
#11244 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“A possible link between him and Shara, the tutelary god of Umma has been proposed in modern scholarship, but has yet to be conclusively proven.”
#11860 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The gods send Adad, Girra, and Shara to defeat the Anzû, but all of them fail.”
#12125 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001