Shalim

Shalim
God of dusk
PlanetVenus
Genealogy
ParentsEl (father) Asherah (mother)
SiblingsShahar
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Photograph of Statue of Goddess Asherah
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Diagram of Statue of Goddess Asherah
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13th-century BC statuette depicting the goddess Asherah nursing the twins Shahar and Shalim. Asherah's symbols, the sacred tree and the ibex, appear on her thighs. The figurine may have been held by women in childbirth.

Shalim (Šalām, Shalem, Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎍𐎎, romanized: ŠLM) is a pagan god in Canaanite religion, mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit (now Ras Shamra, Syria).[1][2] William F. Albright identified Shalim as the god of the dusk and Shahar as the god of the dawn.[3] In the Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, Venus is represented by Shalim as the Evening Star and Shahar as the Morning Star.[1] His name derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root Š-L-M ("whole, safe, sound, peace").

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference vanderp755 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Golan, 2003, p. 82. "The name of the Canaanite deity of the setting sun Salim, or Salem, [...] The names [of Sahar and Salim] are rendered in modern scholarly texts as Shakhar and Shalim [...]"
  3. ^ Albright, W.F. (1994). Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan: A Historical Analysis of Two Contrasting Faiths. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-931464-01-0.; cf. the Akkadian word for sunset, šalām šamši.