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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.
Yam, the sea god and primary antagonist of Baal in the first two tablets of the Baal Cycle; Mot, the underworld god and primary antagonist of Baal in the last two tablets; Anat, sister and major ally to Baal; Athtar, god of the stars; El, the king of the gods, and his wife, Athirat the queen-god and mother of the pantheon. These characters have ...
The meaning of his first name "Baal" is identified as one of the Phoenician deities covered under the name of Baal. [4] However, the meaning of his second name "Hammon" is a syncretic association with Amun, the god of ancient Libya [5] whose temple was in Siwa Oasis where the only oracle of Amun remained in that part of the Libyan Desert all throughout the ages [6] this connection to Amun ...
According to Yehezkel Kaufmann, "Baal-berith and El-berith of Judges 9:4,46 is presumably YHWH", as "ba'al was an epithet of YHWH in earlier times". [ 4 ] Elsewhere, some of the Shechemites are called "men of Hamor"; [ 5 ] this is compared to "sons of Hamor", which in the ancient Middle East referred to people who had entered into a covenant ...
Baal Zephon stele. The only instance where the Canaanite god is depicted in both image and language is a wholly Egyptian work featuring Ba'al Zephon. Eythan Levy notes a parallel between Ba'al Zephon and the "Asiatic Seth." Seth's attributes are horns, an ankh in one hand, a was sceptre in the other, and a beard.
Baal (disambiguation), a term applied to deities in ancient Semitic religions Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bhaal .
In the Baal Cycle he is portrayed as an enemy of the weather god, Baal. Their struggle revolves around attaining the rank of the king of the gods. The narrative portrays Yam as the candidate favored by the senior god El, though ultimately it is Baal who emerges victorious. Yam nonetheless continues to be referenced through the story after his ...
On the seventh, the god Baal asks the high god El to provide Danel a son, to which El agrees. [14] Danel's prayers to the gods are answered with the birth of Aqhat. [15] The grateful Danel holds a feast to which he invited the Kotharat, female divinities associated with childbearing. [11] A gap appears in the text. [16]