Phoenician religion

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Mediterranean religion ancient religion polytheistic religion

Phoenician religion was the polytheistic belief system of the ancient maritime Phoenician civilization, centered on city-based cults to deities such as Baal and Astarte and characterized by elaborate rituals, temple worship, and widespread cultural influence across the Mediterranean.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Punic religion 2
Carthaginian religion 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mediterranean religion ⓘ
ancient religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
centralCultFigure Astarte ⓘ
Baal ⓘ
Baal ⓘ
surface form: Baal Hammon

Eshmun ⓘ
surface form: Melqart

Tanit ⓘ
declineCause Hellenization ⓘ
Roman expansion ⓘ
follows polytheism ⓘ
hasCenter Byblos ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
hasConcept afterlife ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
city patron deity ⓘ
divine kingship ⓘ
hasDeity Anat ⓘ
Astarte ⓘ
Baal ⓘ
Baal ⓘ
surface form: Baal Hammon

Dagon ⓘ
El ⓘ
Eshmun ⓘ
Eshmun ⓘ
surface form: Melqart

Mot ⓘ
Resheph ⓘ
Shapash ⓘ
Tanit ⓘ
Yam ⓘ
hasRitual animal sacrifice ⓘ
festival celebrations ⓘ
funerary rites ⓘ
libation offerings ⓘ
processions ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
hasSacredTextType inscriptions ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
votive inscriptions ⓘ
hasStructure high place ⓘ
open-air sanctuary ⓘ
temple ⓘ
tophet ⓘ
influenced Carthaginian religion ⓘ
Phoenician religion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Punic religion

ancient Mediterranean religions ⓘ
organizedAs city-based cults ⓘ
practicedBy Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicians
practicedIn Byblos ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean basin

Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia

Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
relatedTo ancient Semitic religions ⓘ
sharesTraditionWith Canaanite religion ⓘ
Canaanite religion ⓘ
surface form: Ugaritic religion
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
usesLanguage Phoenician language ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Astarte → culture → Phoenician religion ⓘ
Phoenician religion → influenced → Phoenician religion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic religion
Baal → religion → Phoenician religion ⓘ
Barca → religion → Phoenician religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic religion
Hamilcar Barca → religion → Phoenician religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian religion
Phoenician civilization → religion → Phoenician religion ⓘ
Sidon → religionHistoricallyPracticed → Phoenician religion ⓘ
Tophet of Carthage → religiousTradition → Phoenician religion ⓘ