Shahar (god)
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Shahar is the god of dawn in the pantheon of Ugarit
. He is the twin brother and counterpart of Shalim
, the god of dusk. The name is a cognate of the Hebrew word Shachar (שחר) meaning dawn.
Ugarit
Ugarit was an ancient port city in the eastern Mediterranean at the Ras Shamra headland near Latakia, Syria. It is located near Minet el-Beida in northern Syria. It is some seven miles north of Laodicea ad Mare and approximately fifty miles east of Cyprus...
. He is the twin brother and counterpart of Shalim
Shalim
Shalim was the name of a god in the Canaanite religion pantheon, mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit in Syria. William F. Albright identified Shalim as the god of dusk, and Shahar as god of the dawn...
, the god of dusk. The name is a cognate of the Hebrew word Shachar (שחר) meaning dawn.