Resheph
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Resheph was a god associated with war and plague, originally worshiped in Ebla in the third millennium BCE. He was one of the main members of the local pantheon, and was worshiped in numerous hypostas
The royal palace in Ebla.
An Egyptian depiction of Resheph as a "menacing god" brandishing a weapon and holding a shield. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Egyptian limestone stele depicting Qetesh standing on a lion and wearing the headdress of Hathor, flanked by Min (left) and Resheph (right)
The Karatepe bilingual.
Canaanite religion
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The religion and mythic beliefs of the people in the land of Canaan in the southern Levant during approximately the first three millennia BCE were polytheistic and in some cases monolatristic. They we
Resheph
…armed deity armed with a bow, shield and arrows. References to Resheph from the first millennium BCE are less common. He did not play a large role in Phoenician religion overall, with only one reference to him occurring in texts from Sidon, though he is well attested as a member of the Phoenician pantheon of Cyprus. He…
Ba'al with Thunderbolt stele from Ugarit, c. 15th century BCE
Putative statuette of El (c. 1400–1200 BCE) from Tel Megiddo in northern Israel