Shams References Shams Arabian goddess Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Arabian religion/ South ArabiaThe sun goddess Shams was the national deity of the kingdom of Ḥimyar. She appears also, in a minor role, in Sabaʾ. Other aspects of Shams are certainly concealed in some of the many and still obscure South Arabian female divine epithets. Read MoreThe sun goddess Shams was the national deity of the kingdom of Ḥimyar. She appears also, in a minor role, in Sabaʾ. Other aspects of Shams are certainly concealed in some of the many and still obscure South Arabian female divine epithets. Read More