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WHY INDO-EUROPEAN DENY FACTUAL EXISTENCE OF GODS IN AFRICA GOLDMINE

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Utu god  Shamash was the son of Sin. Shamash, as the solar deity, exercised the power of light over darkness and evil. In this capacity he is known as the god of justice, equity and was the judge of both gods and men. Babylonian king Hammurabi received his code of laws from Shamash.). Shamash born 2600 BCE

History of Utu/Shamash emphasize his kindness & generosity. The first literary hymns addressed to this god by the name Shamash (Samas) date from c. 2600 BCE, but he was referenced as Utu or Shamash regularly throughout Mesopotamian history from the advent of cuneiform writing. Utu (also known as Shamash, Samas, and Babbar) is the Sumerian god of the sun and divine justice. He is the son of the moon god Nanna and the fertility goddess Ningal in the Sumerian tradition but was known as Shamash to the Akkadians who claimed Anu or Enlil as his father.

In the Sumerian tradition, he is the twin brother of Inanna (goddess of war, love, and sexuality) and brother of Ereshkigal  (Queen of the Dead), and Ishkur (also known as Adad, god of storms). He is one of the most important deities in the Mesopotamian pantheon and is attested to in the earliest Sumerian writings c. 3500 BCE, though seemingly after the appearance of Nanna. He is usually depicted as an old man with a long beard whose shoulders emanate rays of light but is also represented as the solar disc or, in the Neo-Assyrian Period (c. 912-612 BCE), as a disc with wings. The famous law code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE) addresses Shamash by name and claims it was Shamash who provided humanity with law. In  Sumer, his cult centers were at Larsa and Eridu and to the north, in Akkad, he was famously venerated at Sippar. His temples were known as E-babbar or 'Shining House') which name attached itself to the god as Babbar, the illuminating one.

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