Shahar (god)
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Shahar "Dawn" is a god in Ugaritic and Canaanite religion first mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit (now Ras Shamra, Syria).[1]
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For the moshav in Israel, see Shahar, Israel.
William F. Albright identified Shalim as the god of the dusk and Shahar as the god of the dawn.[2]
Shahar and Salim are the twin children of El. As the markers of dawn and dusk, Shahar and Shalim also represented the temporal structure of the day.[3]
The names Shahar and Shalim are masculine, and it appears the gods are as well.