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Reshep | Ancient Egypt Online This site uses functional cookies and external scripts to improve your experience. My settings Accept Facebook Twitter Home Page Hieroglyphs Gods and Goddesses History Monuments Library Society Mysteries Search Ancient Egypt Online Ancient Egyptian history and artHome Page Hieroglyphs Gods and Goddesses History Monuments Library Society Mysteries ReshepReshep (Resheph, Rahshaf, Rasap, Rashap, Resep, Reshef, Reshpu) was a Syrian plague and war god whose worship in Egypt dates from around the Eighteenth Dynasty. Because of his martial skills, he was closely associated with the pharaoh in battle.Amenhotep II established a stelae near the Sphinx at Giza depicting Reshep and Astarte watching over him as he prepares his horses for war. However, Reshep could also use his skills to protect the common people from disease. In particular, he was thought to be able to repel the “akha” demon who was thought to cause stomach pains.Resheph was often considered to be the husband of Qadesh (another goddess imported from Syria) and the father of Min. However, he is also described as the husband of Itum in connection with his power to control disease. He was linked to Set because they were both associated with the antelope, but he was also associated with the Theban war god Montu. The Greeks associated him with Apollo and to the Vedic Rudra. He was also associated with the Babylonian death god Nergal and occasionally with Mars (again because of the military connection).He was known throughout the ancient near east and Egypt as Reshep-Shulman. However, he also had specific epithets in different locations. The Phoenicians referred to him as “Reshep gen” (Resheph of the Garden) and “bal chtz”(‘lord of the arrow’) while the Hittites described him as a “deer god” or “gazelle god”.In Egypt he was known as “Lord of the Sky” or “Lord of Eternity” and an area of the Nile valley was renamed the “Valley of Reshep”. It is thought that his name originally derived from the Hebrew for “flame” or “plague”. Reshep was depicted as a man with a Syrian style beard brandishing a mace or axe above his head. He generally wears the crown of Upper Egypt with the addition of a gazelle skull at the front and a ribbon at the back.Bibliography Budge, E Wallis (1904) The Gods of the Egyptians Goodenough, Simon (1997) Egyptian Mythology Pinch, Geraldine (2002) Handbook Egyptian Mythology Watterson, Barbara (1996) Gods of Ancient Egypt Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003) The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient EgyptCopyright J Hill 2016 © Newspaper WordPress Theme by TagDiv Privacy settings Privacy Settings Wordpress Cookies Google Analytics Privacy SettingsThis site uses functional cookies and external scripts to improve your experience. Which cookies and scripts are used and how they impact your visit is specified on the left. You may change your settings at any time. Your choices will not impact your visit.NOTE: These settings will only apply to the browser and device you are currently using.Wordpress CookiesCookies that are necessary to enable my site to function. They do not store any information about you other than that which is strictly required for navigation and function, and I have no aceess to any of the data.Google AnalyticsA cookie which helps me track how many visitors come to my site and what pages they look at. Enable? Powered by Cookie Information Save my settings