Is Shamash an Egyptian god?
Shamash was the sun god in the mythology of the ancient Near East. The son of the Sumerian moon god Sin, Shamash was the brother of the goddess Ishtar. … His wife Aya (youth) bore him four sons—Giru (fire), Kittum (truth), Mesharum (justice), and Nusku (light). Who was Shamash in the Epic of Gilgamesh? Shamash….