El (in some traditions)
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El is a chief West Semitic deity often regarded as a supreme father god and creator figure in ancient Canaanite and broader Near Eastern religious traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El (in some traditions) canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canaanite god
ⓘ
West Semitic deity ⓘ creator god ⓘ deity ⓘ sky father ⓘ |
| abode | cosmic mountain ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
divine council
ⓘ
mountain abode ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
benevolent
ⓘ
remote and exalted ⓘ wise ⓘ |
| culture |
Canaanites
ⓘ
Canaanites ⓘ
surface form:
Ugaritians
Semitic peoples ⓘ
surface form:
West Semitic peoples
|
| domain |
cosmic order
ⓘ
creation ⓘ kingship ⓘ |
| epithet |
Bull El
ⓘ
Godhead ⓘ
surface form:
El Elyon
Shaddai ⓘ
surface form:
El Shaddai
Father of Years ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfSources |
Hebrew
ⓘ
Ugaritic language ⓘ
surface form:
Ugaritic
|
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible (as a divine title/name in some traditions)
ⓘ
Ugaritic texts ⓘ |
| offspring |
Baal
ⓘ
Mot ⓘ Shachar ⓘ Shalim ⓘ Yam ⓘ the seventy sons of El ⓘ |
| religion |
Canaanite religion
ⓘ
Canaanite religion ⓘ
surface form:
Ugaritic religion
ancient Levantine religion ⓘ |
| role |
chief god
ⓘ
creator of creatures ⓘ father of gods ⓘ head of the divine council ⓘ |
| spouse | Asherah ⓘ |
| statusInMyth | ancient patriarchal deity ⓘ |
| symbol | bull ⓘ |
| typeOfVeneration | polytheistic worship ⓘ |
| worshipPeriod | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| worshipRegion |
Canaan
ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Ugarit ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.