Utu-Shamash: Sumerian God of the Sun and Justice (opens in new tab)

Utu-Shamash, the Mesopotamian sun god, was depicted as kind, caring, and helpful, but, as arbiter of divine justice, he could also be wrathful. As the personification of the sun, he was believed to be able to see anything and go anywhere, and so, in some references, he was a comforter of the souls of the dead in the underworld.