El sired the dawn god Shahar and the dusk god Shalim by two women he encountered at the seashore, as recounted in the Birth of the Gracious Gods.
Yarikh (moon) and Shalim (dusk) were complementary celestial deities. Shalim's twilight heralded Yarikh's nightly ascent, as the evening star yielded to the rising moon.
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