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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shemesh is also the hebrew word for sun.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

and shamhurish is the name for a mythical jinn king from pre islamic arabian folklore, who was also a judge.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe Semitic languages are related?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

it goes all the way back to proto-indo-european.