Shahar (God)
Shahar (God)
Shahar (God)
Shahar is the god of dawn in the pantheon of Ugarit. Shahar is described as a child Fertile Crescent
of El along with a twin, Shalim, the god of dusk. As the markers of dawn and dusk, myth series
Shahar and Shalim also represented the temporal structure of the .[1]
day
Mesopotamian
Levantine
Contents Arabian
Near Eastern Religions
Etymology
The Levant
Isaiah 14:12–15
See also El Berith
Notes Elyon Dagon
External links Elohim
Hadad
Adon Eshmun
Arsu Liluri
The name is a cognate of the Hebrew word Shahar ( ) חַרmeaning dawn.
Asherah Manuzi
Mot
Isaiah 14:12–15 Astarte
Atargatis Shaddai
Isaiah 14:12–15 has been the origin of the belief that Satan was a fallen angel, who Salem
Azizos
could also be referred to as Lucifer. It refers to the rise and disappearance of the
Baal Yahweh
morning star Venus in the phrase "O light-bringer, son of the dawn." (Helel ben
Ba`alat Gebal Yam
Shaḥar, translated as Lucifer in the Vulgate and preserved in the early English
translations of the Bible) This understanding of Isaiah 14:12–15 seems to be the Yarikh
See also
Phosphorus (morning star)
Shamash
Notes
1. Hinnells, John R. (2007).A Handbook of Ancient Religions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 122.
2. Day, John (2002). Yahweh and the gods and goddesses of Canaan. London: Sheffield Academic Press.
ISBN 9780567537836.
3. Poirier, John (1 July 1999). "An Illuminating Parallel to Isaiah XIV 12".Vetus Testamentum. 49 (3): 371–389.
doi:10.1163/156853399774228047(https://doi.org/10.1163%2F156853399774228047) .
External links
The Ancient Ugaritic Ritual-Poem of Shahar and Shalem and the Gracious Gods
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