Doug Holland@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoShamash is the one true god.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1724arrow-down131
arrow-up1693arrow-down1imageShamash is the one true god.lemmy.worldDoug Holland@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square157fedilink
minus-squarefukurthumz420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·4 months agofun fact: although shamash is a sun and light deity, he is also considered an underworld god, and serves the queen of the dead, erishkigal, as a judge in her court.
minus-squarefukurthumz420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·4 months agoand shamhurish is the name for a mythical jinn king from pre islamic arabian folklore, who was also a judge.
minus-squarefukurthumz420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agoit goes all the way back to proto-indo-european.
fun fact: although shamash is a sun and light deity, he is also considered an underworld god, and serves the queen of the dead, erishkigal, as a judge in her court.
Shemesh is also the hebrew word for sun.
and shamhurish is the name for a mythical jinn king from pre islamic arabian folklore, who was also a judge.
Coool
Maybe Semitic languages are related?
it goes all the way back to proto-indo-european.