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Melqart (Phoenician: 𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕, romanized: Mīlqārt) was the tutelary god of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre and a major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons. He may have been central to the founding-myths of various Phoenician colonies throughout the Mediterranean , as well as the source of several myths concerning the ...
Other gods were called by royal titles, such as Melqart, meaning 'king of the city', [171] or Adonis for 'lord'. [172] Such epithets may often have been merely local titles for the same deities. [173] The Semitic pantheon was well-populated; which god became primary evidently depended on the exigencies of a particular city-state.
Phoenician characters in Greek mythology (36 P) This page was last edited on 5 September 2024, at 10:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
King of the Gods; A177.1. Gods as Dupe or Tricksters; A192. Death or departure of the gods; A193. Gods of Dying-and-rising; A200—A299. Gods of the Upper World A210. Gods of the Sky; A220. Gods of the Sun; A240. Gods of the Moon; A250. Gods of the Stars; A260. Gods of Light; A270. Gods of the Dawn; A280. Gods of the Weather. A281. Gods of ...
Phoenician metal bowl with hunting scene (8th century BC). The clothing and hairstyle of the figures are Egyptian. At the same time, the subject matter of the central scene conforms with the Mesopotamian theme of combat between man and beast. Phoenician artisans frequently adapted the styles of neighboring cultures. (from Phoenicia)
These forms in turn derive from the vowel-less Northwest Semitic form BʿL (Phoenician and Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋). [18] The word's biblical senses as a Phoenician deity and false gods generally were extended during the Protestant Reformation to denote any idols, icons of the saints, or the Catholic Church generally. [19]
Baal Hammon was known as the Chief of the pantheon of Carthage and the deity that made vegetation grow; as with most deities of Carthage, he was seemingly propitiated with child sacrifice, likely in times of strife or crisis, or only by elites, perhaps for the good of the whole community. This practice was recorded by Greeks and Romans, but ...