Per-Reshpu
𓂋𓈙𓊪𓅱𓀭 𓂋𓈙𓊪𓏲𓅆
MDC: rS , rSp , rSpw
Gardiner:
Budge: ršpu, ršp
Alt Egyptian: ršpw , Ra-ša-ap (Tablets from Ebla)
Transliteration: Reshpu
Ugaritic: r-sh-p 𐎗𐎌𐎔, ršpm, ršp
Phoenician: 𐤓𐤔𐤐/ ršp "Rešep"
Amorite Cuneiform: Rašaap/ 𒊏𒊭𒀊 (Ebla)
Akkadian: Rešef
Eblaite: Rašap, Ra-sa-ap
Emar: Ikki-Rašap
Coptic:
Bible: rešef
Canaanite: ršp/רשף
Hebrew: ršp, (Ræšæf) רֶשֶׁף
Greek: Resheph?
Demotic:
Arabic: Rashf/ رشف
English: Resheph
Kemetic:
Alt: Rahshaf, Rasap, Rashap, Resep, Reshef, Reshpu, Rapha, Repheth, Rashubbu
Pronounced: Rash-pu, Reh'-shef, Rashap , Rashaf (Possibly)
Meaning: frightful (Akkadian), originally glowing, flickering?; flame, light, plague (Psalm 78:48)
from רֶשֶׁף/ resheph / "flame", "lightning" "burning fever" , "plague", "pestilence" https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h7565/kjv/wlc/0-1/
Home: Amorite god (Syrian, Phoenician, and Canaanite)
Temple: Atanni, Gunu, Tunip, Shechem, Ebla, Memphis
Nome: Rashap-Guni/ Rashap of Syrian city Gunu
Consort
Adamma (goddess) (3rd BCE, in Tunip)
Children
Parents
Siblings
Priest names
Features
a man holding a spear dressed in typical Egyptian attrire wearing a white crown of Upper Egypt with the head of a gazelle in the front instead of a cobra snake. Sometimes has wings or face of a lion.
Symbols
west sunset
death
star
bows
arrows
shield
spears
axe
knives
mace
ankh
black
red
horses
gazelle
lions
slain serpents or dragons
(Biblical)
flame
spark
fire
Passion
cosmic winds
lighting
White Crown of Upper Egypt 'Hedjet' 𓋑
Roles
He is the god of war, thunder, protection against plague and was, healing, metalworking. He was worshiped in Palestine, Ugarit, Phoenicia, and in Carthage later on, he was associated with plague possibly the personification of plague, war or strong protection. In the ancient Canaanite religion god of thunder and lighting, originally a Eblaite and Canaanite god who the Egyptians adopted in late Bronze Age, during (Amenhotep II) 18thy Dynasty horses where he was the god of horses and chariot and the protector of the pharaohs on the battlefield.
Hybrid gods
Reśef-Apollo
Connection to other gods
Nergal (Mesopotamian, god of war, pestilence, and Sun) is said to be Rashpu
Mars (Roman)
Apollo (giver of illness) (hisarrows brought the plague to Danas) (Idalion, Cyprus, Greek)
Montu (Theban)
Qadshu/Kadesh/Qetesh/qdS (Canaan/Egypt)
Min (Egypt)
Sutekh/Setesh/ Set
Mento (Theban god of war)
Nargal (Ugarit)
Celebrations
Offering items
Ram (around the full moon, Feb-March)
Peace offerings
burt offerings
Protects
Other names
Rešep-Mikal
Epitaphs
Rashpu is god
Lord of the Sky
Giver of good life
Protection of life is around him
b`l ḥẓ--Lord of the arrow (Ugaritic)
ḥṣ -- arrow
nb n nHH --Lord of Eternity
nTr aA --Great god
pn arw d šʿly nrn l ršp gn--The mouth of a lion, which Nuranu offered to Rašap of Gunu (Ugaritic)
rSp gn--Resheph of Gunu/Garden, ršp gn/gunu(m) "Reshep of the city Gunu" or "Resheph with the shield and protection" (Ugarit and Ebla)
the deer god (Phoenician and Hittite)
ršp bbt-- Rašap of the city Bibita (Ugaritic)
ršp ḥgb--Rašap the gate keeper (Ugaritic)
ršp ṣbỉ--Rašap of the army (Ugaritic)
ršp mlk-- Rašap the king (Ugaritic)
ršp zbl --Rašap the prince (Ugaritic)
šlm il ḫšm-- hail the god of the tombs (Ugaritic)
tġr špš--gate keeper/door-warden of the sun (Ugaritic)
sharf ḥṣ "arrow" (Kition in Cyprus, by Javier Teixedu)
ref. http://tessdawson.blogspot.com/2013/10/notes-about-god-rashap.html, Mekal: The God of Beth-Shan By Henry O. Thompson, http://www.academia.edu/7044995/The_God_Ra%C5%A1ap_in_the_Ugaritic_Texts
Temple: Atanni, Gunu, Tunip, Shechem, Ebla, Memphis
Nome: Rashap-Guni/ Rashap of Syrian city Gunu
Consort
Adamma (goddess) (3rd BCE, in Tunip)
Children
Parents
Siblings
Priest names
Features
a man holding a spear dressed in typical Egyptian attrire wearing a white crown of Upper Egypt with the head of a gazelle in the front instead of a cobra snake. Sometimes has wings or face of a lion.
Symbols
west sunset
death
star
bows
arrows
shield
spears
axe
knives
mace
ankh
black
red
horses
gazelle
lions
slain serpents or dragons
(Biblical)
flame
spark
fire
Passion
cosmic winds
lighting
White Crown of Upper Egypt 'Hedjet' 𓋑
Roles
He is the god of war, thunder, protection against plague and was, healing, metalworking. He was worshiped in Palestine, Ugarit, Phoenicia, and in Carthage later on, he was associated with plague possibly the personification of plague, war or strong protection. In the ancient Canaanite religion god of thunder and lighting, originally a Eblaite and Canaanite god who the Egyptians adopted in late Bronze Age, during (Amenhotep II) 18thy Dynasty horses where he was the god of horses and chariot and the protector of the pharaohs on the battlefield.
Hybrid gods
Reśef-Apollo
Connection to other gods
Nergal (Mesopotamian, god of war, pestilence, and Sun) is said to be Rashpu
Mars (Roman)
Apollo (giver of illness) (hisarrows brought the plague to Danas) (Idalion, Cyprus, Greek)
Montu (Theban)
Qadshu/Kadesh/Qetesh/qdS (Canaan/Egypt)
Min (Egypt)
Sutekh/Setesh/ Set
Mento (Theban god of war)
Nargal (Ugarit)
Celebrations
Offering items
Ram (around the full moon, Feb-March)
Peace offerings
burt offerings
Protects
Other names
Rešep-Mikal
Epitaphs
Rashpu is god
Lord of the Sky
Giver of good life
Protection of life is around him
b`l ḥẓ--Lord of the arrow (Ugaritic)
ḥṣ -- arrow
nb n nHH --Lord of Eternity
nTr aA --Great god
pn arw d šʿly nrn l ršp gn--The mouth of a lion, which Nuranu offered to Rašap of Gunu (Ugaritic)
rSp gn--Resheph of Gunu/Garden, ršp gn/gunu(m) "Reshep of the city Gunu" or "Resheph with the shield and protection" (Ugarit and Ebla)
the deer god (Phoenician and Hittite)
ršp bbt-- Rašap of the city Bibita (Ugaritic)
ršp ḥgb--Rašap the gate keeper (Ugaritic)
ršp ṣbỉ--Rašap of the army (Ugaritic)
ršp mlk-- Rašap the king (Ugaritic)
ršp zbl --Rašap the prince (Ugaritic)
šlm il ḫšm-- hail the god of the tombs (Ugaritic)
tġr špš--gate keeper/door-warden of the sun (Ugaritic)
sharf ḥṣ "arrow" (Kition in Cyprus, by Javier Teixedu)
ref. http://tessdawson.blogspot.com/2013/10/notes-about-god-rashap.html, Mekal: The God of Beth-Shan By Henry O. Thompson, http://www.academia.edu/7044995/The_God_Ra%C5%A1ap_in_the_Ugaritic_Texts