Zas
deity sky Greek single tradition · 4
Zas is a figure from Greco-Roman sources sometimes argued to correspond to Šanta.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 BCE
- Attested period
- -600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Hellenistic period through Greco-Roman times.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Zantas, Sandakos, Hãta, Ophionidae, Gaia, Io, Dyaus, Prithvi, Hera, Iyarri, Ba’altars, Zeus, Oceanus, Eurynome, Rhea, Cronos
- consort of
- Chthonie
- syncretized with
- Šanta
- enemy of
- Ophion
- sibling of
- Zantos
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“In addition to certain attestations of Šanta, a number of similar theonyms and figures associated with Tarsus are sometimes argued to correspond to him, including the Aramaic deity Ba’altars, "Baal of Tarsus", as well as Zas, Zantas and Sandakos from Greco-Roman sources.”
#22738 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Pherecydes of Syros in his cosmogony describes the mating of two divine principles: The marriage of Zas with Chthonie”
#28553 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Zas and Zantos, theonyms known from the works of the sixth century BCE philosopher Pherecydes of Syros, might be derivatives of Šanta.”
#39726 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the primordial figure Zas ("Life") does battle with Ophion and defeats him, casting him down into Oceanus”
#44799 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free