What are the stories of Shamash, the sun god?

Sumerian name Utu and Akkadian name Shamash both mean "the sun". According to the myth, every morning, a scorpion who lives in the eastern mountain to protect the mountain road opens a folding door halfway up the mountain, and Chamach, the sun god, jumps out of the mountain gate and begins his daily journey. The sun god appeared, and brilliant golden light radiated from his shoulder. Holding an object similar to a saw knife in his hand, he climbed the mountain warily and met his driver Bugnini. Bugnini drove the carriage and Shamash sat in it. The sun god began to slowly rise to the sky in the dazzling golden light. At dusk, Chamach directed his carriage to the Western Hills. The Chamach Temple in Babylon is called "the judge's temple in the world". As a judge, Chamach sat on the throne with a scepter and a ring in his right hand, just like Apollo, the late Greek sun god. Chamach is also a diviner. He reveals the secrets of the future to people through the priest Baru who is good at divination. After baruch sacrificed to Shamash, he observed the oil slick on the surface of the holy basin, or examined the sacrificed liver, or explained the instructions that the gods got from the position of stars, the movement of planets and the appearance of meteorites. Chamakh is mainly worshipped in Larsa and Chipard, and divination is popular in Chipard. Chamak's wife is Aya. They gave birth to two gods with abstract figures: Kitu, the god of justice, and Misharou, the god of law.

Chamach