About this deity
Šamaš was an important solar deity in Akkadian traditions who was known as Utu in Sumerian.
Also known as
Parent belief system
Akkadian Culture · Polytheistic · 1 mythAkkadian refers to a culture that emerged in Mesopotamia during the third millennium BCE. The belief system included many deities, most of whom were later diffused into Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian culture.
Top myths
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| Epic of Tukulti-Ninurta I | Hammurabi Law Code | Enuma Elish | |
| Prestige myth | Prestige myth | Creation myth | |
| Unknown author | Hammurabi | Unknown author | |
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Mythological stories including Shamash
- Epic of Tukulti-Ninurta I Prestige myth
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Tukulti-Ninurta I, the Assyrian leader, describes his military campaigns against the Babylonians. The poetic narrative embellishes the might and power of Tukulti-Ninurta I and his army, resulting in an Assyrian victory. A statue of the chief Babylonian deity, Marduk, was stolen and taken to the Assyrian capital.
- Hammurabi Law Code Prestige myth
Nuthsell
In the prologue, Hammurabi boasts about his intimacy with Marduk while giving him praise. Details about his own accomplishments are also pointed out, especially with respect to the enactment of justice in the world. Next, 282 laws are detailed. Many of them deal with divorce, taxes, medicine, theft, and familial matters. The famous phrase, "an eye for an eye," is also provided. The epilogue explains Hammurabi's authority as an arbiter of justice, as well as his divine authority.
- Enuma Elish Creation myth
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The universe was created according to the Babylonian timeline.
Cite this page
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Shamash." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 06 Jun. 2020, omnika.org/stable/584. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
OMNIKA (2020, June 06). Shamash. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/584
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Shamash." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created June 06, 2020. Accessed May 17, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/584.
