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Baal

deity earth Canaanite corroborated · 30

Baal is a Canaanite god whose name is associated with Beelzebub. The text indicates a connection between this deity and the later demonic figure worshipped in Philistine Ekron.

↻ synthesized from 30 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2022
Historical notes
Deity from the Canaanite pantheon possibly connected to the Arabian deity Hubal through linguistic and iconographic similarities.

Relationships

syncretized with
Beelzebub, Hubal, Helios, Teshub, Jupiter Dolichenus, Hadad, Yahweh, Adonis, Set
co occurs with
Manāt, Dushara, ʻUzzāʼ, Pontos, Puḫru ‘Ilīma, ‘Uṯḫatu, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Ḫepat, Tarḫunz, Hadda, Shala, Bēlet-Apim, Bēlet-Qaṭṭarā, Shalash, Adad, Jezebel, Satanic portal, Asherah, ʾil-ʾib, Dagnu, Ba'l Ṣapān, Shachar, Shalim, Raḥmayyu, Sin, Shapash, Kothar, Šimige, Ḥoranu, Nikkal, Ningal, Kušuḫ, Kotharat, Ḫiriḫibi, Eos, Molech, Kemosh, Tanit, Astarte, ’Ilot, Amun, Miket, Anu, Adar, Anammelech, Nam-tar, Belenus, Astaroth, Ahura Mazda, Dagon, Aphrodite, Demeter, Inanna, Tammuz, Dumuzid, Cinyras, Nupatik, Aštabi, Mot, Ḫanat, Lim, Išḫara, Shapshu, Kinnaru, Gaṯaru, Shahar, Yarikh, Hauron, Tunnanu, Horon, Attapar, Ẓiẓẓu-wa-Kāmaṯu, Milku, Ptah, Teshub, Apedemak, Arensnuphis, Dedun, Ani, Ash, Harpocrates, Abu, Heka, Apophis, Andjety, Aqen, Duamutef, Bata, Hu, Akhty, Hermanubis, Aati, Duau, Aani, Hermes Trismegistus, Hapy, Gengen-Wer, Hery-maat, Banebdjedet, Harsomtus, Amu-Aa, Apesh, Am-heh, Buchis, Ba-Pef, Babi, Ha, Hemen, Henkhisesui, Heryshaf, Aa, Abtu, Aby, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, An-a-f, An-hetep-f, Astennu, Ba, Denwen, Djebuty, Djedefhor, Djefa, Dionysus-Osiris, Dunanwi, Fetket, Hapi-Wet, Har-em-akhet, Heneb, Heqaib, Heru-Khu, Hery-sha-duat, Hez-Ur, Hraf-haf, Allani, Athirat, Yam, Athtar, Gupan, Ugar, Qudšu, Amrur, Moloch, Chamos, Saturn, Hercules, Son, Melkart, Têmtum, Leviathan, Ra, Angra Mainyu, Fá, ʿAṯtar, Lotan, Virgin
equivalent to
Territorial spirits
sibling of
Yam, Mot, Anat
parent of
ybrdmy, Tallay, Arsay, Pidray
enemy of
Resheph, Tunnan, Yammu, Mot, Yam, God, Baʿal-zəvuv
allied with
Shapshu, Tanit, Dagan, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Anat, Ashtart, Ilib, Dadmiš, Rahmay
manifests as
Adrammelech, Belus, Beelzebub, Ba'al-Ḥammon
consort of
Anat
manifested by
Set
child of
El, ʼĒl, Pidray, Tallay, Arsay
has aspect
Tanit
served by
Ugar, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Gupan

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Sources

wikipedia (27)
  1. Beelzebub
  2. Hubal
  3. Ḫepat
  4. Territorial spirit
  5. El (deity)
  6. Shapshu
  7. Helios
  8. Yarikh
  9. Carthage tophet
  10. Pricot de Sainte-Marie steles
  11. Tophet
  12. Jupiter Dolichenus
  13. Ancient Egyptian deities
  14. List of Canaanite deities
  15. Adonis
  16. Hadad
  17. Anat
  18. Hauron
  19. Kothar-wa-Khasis
  20. Sebeg
  21. Set (deity)
  22. Yam (god)
  23. Adrammelech
  24. Astaroth
  25. Baal
  26. Allani
  27. Baal Cycle
encyclopedia (3)
  1. Adoration (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Ahab (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  3. Altar (in Scripture) (Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)) (1913)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“The word Baʿal-zəvuv in rabbinical texts is a mockery of the worship of Baal, which ancient Hebrews considered to be idol worship.”

#2315 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Hubal may have been the combination of Hu, meaning spirit or god, and the Moabite god Baal meaning master or lord”

#3702 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“it is unlikely that this equation reflected a tradition in which Pidray was the wife of the local weather god, Baal.”

#9680 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Named demons include Jezebel, Baal, and Leviathan.”

#10539 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“He also fathered many gods, most importantly Baal, Yam, and Mot, each sharing similar attributes to the Greco-Roman gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades respectively. In the Ugaritic Ba'al Cycle, El is introduced having an assembly of gods on Mount Lel”

#11645 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001