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The Hurrian goddess Hebat was worshiped in Jerusalem, and Baal was closely considered equivalent to the Hurrian storm god Teshub and the Hittite storm god, Tarhunt. Canaanite divinities seem to have been almost identical in form and function to the neighboring Arameans to the east, and Baal Hadad and El can be distinguished amongst earlier ...
Articles relating to the ancient Canaanite religion and the mythology of the Levant. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Early researchers attempted to prove Qetesh was simply a form of a known Canaanite deity, rather than a fully independent goddess. William F. Albright proposed in 1939 that she was a form of the "lady of Byblos" (Baalat Gebal), while René Dussard suggested a connection to "Asherat" (e.g. the biblical Asherah) in 1941. Subsequent studies tried ...
The Ancient Gods: The History and Diffusion of Religion in the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean, 1960. Leick, Gwendolyn. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology Routledge, London & New York, 2003. Pritchard, James B., (ed.). The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures. Princeton University Press, New Jersey ...
Shalim (ŠalΔm, Shalem, Ugaritic: πππ, romanized: ŠLM) is a pagan god in Canaanite religion, mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit (now Ras Shamra, Syria). [1] [2] William F. Albright identified Shalim as the god of the dusk and Shahar as the god of the dawn. [3]
The cult of Jupiter Heliopolitanus evolved from ancient Canaanite religion, specifically from the cult of the Canaanite good Baal-Hadad, an ancient storm and fertility god worshipped in various regions in the Near East, including Canaan and Syria. Baal is a title meaning "lord", "owner" or "master" and was used for various local gods. Hadad ...
A Palestinian farmer was working the land in the Gaza Strip when he dug a goddess. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
The goddess Dadmiš is attested in both Ugaritic [128] and Hurrian ritual texts. [129] Dennis Pardee assumes that she was a healing deity. [130] In god lists she appears in the immediate proximity of Resheph, [127] and Manfred Krebernik tentatively proposes she was an underworld deity and his spouse. [126] Her origin remains uncertain. [130]