Shapshu

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Canaanite deity sun goddess

Shapshu is a Canaanite sun goddess associated with light, justice, and the guidance of gods and souls in ancient Near Eastern mythology.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Shapsh	2
Shapshu canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canaanite deity ⓘ sun goddess ⓘ
associatedWith	divine guidance ⓘ guidance of gods ⓘ guidance of souls ⓘ justice ⓘ light ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Anat NERFINISHED ⓘ Baal NERFINISHED ⓘ El NERFINISHED ⓘ Mot NERFINISHED ⓘ Yam NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmicFunction	moves between heavens and underworld ⓘ travels across the sky ⓘ
culture	Canaanite religion ⓘ Ugaritic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
domain	sun ⓘ
epithet	lamp of the gods ⓘ torch of the gods ⓘ
equatedWith	Shemesh (later West Semitic sun deity) NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
languageOfSources	Ugaritic NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Ras Shamra tablets NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugaritic texts NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalRole	arbiter in divine disputes ⓘ informer of the gods about events on earth ⓘ messenger of El ⓘ witness to oaths ⓘ
pantheon	Northwest Semitic pantheon ⓘ
parent	Asherah NERFINISHED ⓘ El NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	cosmic order ⓘ solar justice ⓘ
religiousFunction	invoked in legal contexts ⓘ invoked in treaties and oaths ⓘ protector of just order ⓘ
role	judge ⓘ mediator between gods and humans ⓘ psychopomp ⓘ
symbol	rays of light ⓘ sun disk ⓘ
timePeriodOfCult	Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
underworldRole	guides souls of the dead ⓘ illumines the realm of the dead ⓘ
worshipRegion	Ugarit NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Canaan ⓘ ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shapash → equivalentTo → Shapshu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shapsh

Ugaritic Baal Cycle → featuresDeity → Shapshu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shapsh