Shahar (god)

Shahar
God of dawn
Genealogy
ParentsEl (father) Asherah (mother)
SiblingsShalim

Shahar "Dawn" is a god in Ugaritic and Canaanite religion first mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit (now Ras Shamra, Syria).

William F. Albright identified Shalim as the god of the dusk and Shahar as the god of the dawn.

Shahar and Salim are the twin children of El. As the markers of dawn and dusk, Shahar and Shalim also represented the temporal structure of the day.

The names Shahar and Shalim are masculine, and it appears the gods are as well.

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