Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Rachmay" | Canaan | The Maiden Merciful and a goddess of health and nursing. Canaan |
"Rephaim" | Hebrew | The sons of Raphah, a Canaanite race of giants. Hebrew |
God name "Resep[A]Mukal" | Canaan / Phonecia | A war & plague god that originated in Syria |
God name "Resheph" | Canaan | God of plague. Canaan |
God name "Resep (A) Mukal" | Western Semitic / Canaanite / Phoenician / , originating in Syria | war and plague god. Introduced into Egypt by the XVIII Dynasty during the sixteenth century BC and rapidly achieved some prominence. His wife is Itum and he was also known as Res ep-Amukal and Res epSulman. Res ep is probably modeled on the Mesopotamian NERGAL. He is depicted as a youthful, warlike god, often with a gazelle's head springing from his forehead, and with a spear in his right hand. In Egyptian iconography he is depicted wearing the crown of Upper Egypt surmounted in front by the head of a gazelle. He has links with the Theban war god MONTU and was thought of as a guardian deity in battle by many Egyptian pharaohs; he is said to have shot firebrands with a bow and arrow. He also exerted a benign influence against disease. The influence of Res ep extended to Cyprus during the preHellenic period and at the time of Hellenization he was allied to and perhaps syncretized with APOLLO. Also Ras ap, Res ef.... |
God name "Sapas" | Canaan | God of the Sun Canaan |
God name "Sapas" | Western Semitic / Canaanite | Sun god. Modeled on the Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian) god SAMAS.... |
Goddess name "Sasuratum" | Canaan | These are midwife goddesses, they are seven in number |
Goddess name "Sasuratum" | Western Semitic / Canaanite | Midwife goddesses. A group of seven female deities fathered by BAAL. Also Kosharot (Hebrew).... |
God name "Shahar" | Canaan | The god of the dawn and twin brother of Shalim. Canaan |
Goddess name "Shala" | Canaan | Goddess of storms Canaan |
God name "Shalim" | Canaan | The god of dusk & of warriors |
Goddess name "Shapshu" | Canaan | Goddess of war and the Sun. Canaan |
God name "Ugar" | Western Semitic / Syrian | vegetation god. Possibly linked with the Canaanite city of Ugarit [Ras Samra].... |
God name "Yarikh" | Canaan | God of the moon. Canaan |