Beruth

deity Canaanite single tradition · 1

According to the pantheon, known in Ugarit as 'ilhm (elohim) or the children of El, supposedly obtained by Philo of Byblos from Sanchuniathon of Berythus (Beirut) the creator was known as Elion, who was the father of the divinities, and in the Greek sources he was married to Beruth (Beirut meaning 'the city').

When

First attested
1200 BCE
Attested period
-1200 – 141
Historical notes
Ugarit destroyed c. 1200 BCE; Philo of Byblos lived c. 64–141 CE.

Relationships

consort of
Elion
co occurs with
Asherah, El Shaddai

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Sources

Source passages

“and in the Greek sources he was married to Beruth (Beirut meaning 'the city').”

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