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Brian P. Irwin argues that "Baal" in northern Israelite traditions is a form of Yahweh that was rejected as foreign by the prophets. In southern Israelite traditions, "Baal" was a god that was worshipped in Jerusalem. His worshippers saw him as compatible or identical with Yahweh and honored him with human sacrifices and fragrant meal offerings.
Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥamon (Phoenician and Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤍, romanized: Baʿl Ḥamōn), [1] meaning "Lord Hammon", was the chief god of ancient Carthage. He was a weather god considered responsible for the fertility of vegetation and esteemed as king of the gods .
The Baal Cycle is an Ugaritic text (c. 1500–1300 BCE) about the Canaanite god Baʿal (𐎁𐎓𐎍 lit. "Owner", "Lord"), a storm god associated with fertility.. The Baal Cycle consists of six tablets, itemized as KTU 1.1–1.6.
Baal, meaning "lord" or "master," was a title used for various local deities, while Hadad was specifically revered as the god of rain, thunder, and storms, closely linked to agricultural fertility. Over time, the cult of Baal-Hadad in Baalbek acquired solar characteristics, possibly due to Hellenistic influences that equated Baal-Hadad with the ...
Dagon (Dagan) god of crop fertility and grain, father of Ba'al Hadad. El, also called ' Il or Elyon ("Most High"), god of creation, husband of Athirat. [c] [d] Eshmun, god, or as Baalat Asclepius, goddess, [citation needed] of healing. Gad, god of fortune. Gupan and Ugar, messenger gods of the weather god Baal, who always appear as a pair.
The Baal Cycle or Epic of Baal is a collection of stories about the Canaanite Baal, also referred to as Hadad. It was composed between 1400 and 1200 B.C. and rediscovered in the excavation of Ugarit, an ancient city in modern-day Syria. The storm god Adad and the sun god Shamash jointly became the patron gods of oracles and divination in ...
Baal most likely had no permanent spouse, though it has been argued that he was associated with both Anat and Ashtart in some capacity. [24] The use of the name Baal to designate a weather god is also attested in Phoenician texts postdating the destruction of Ugarit. [25] El ‘il [26] El was the head of the Ugaritic pantheon. [27]
Articles relating to Baal, a title and honorific meaning "owner," "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied to gods. The title is particularly associated with the storm and fertility god Hadad.