Baal

E38725

Canaanite god Phoenician god deity fertility god storm god

Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Baal canonical	33
Baal Hammon	9
Baal (in some New Kingdom contexts)	2
Baal Hadad	2
Hadad	2
Baal (character)	1
Baal (in some traditions)	1
Baal Shamem	1
Baal Zebul	1
Baal-berith	1
Baal-zebub	1
Ethbaal	1
Melqart	1
Molech	1
Storm god Tarhunt	1
Storm-god of Aleppo	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canaanite god ⓘ Phoenician god ⓘ deity ⓘ fertility god ⓘ storm god ⓘ
appearsInText	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Phoenician inscriptions ⓘ Ugaritic language ⓘ surface form: Ugaritic texts
associatedWith	Anat ⓘ Asherah ⓘ Astarte ⓘ El ⓘ Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hadad Jupiter ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
cultCenter	Byblos ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Sidon ⓘ Tyre ⓘ Ugarit ⓘ
culture	Canaanite culture ⓘ Levantine culture ⓘ Phoenician culture ⓘ
domain	agriculture ⓘ fertility ⓘ kingship ⓘ rain ⓘ storms ⓘ thunder ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasVariant	Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baal Hadad Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baal Hammon Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baal Shamem Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baal Zebul
languageOfName	Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
meaningOfName	lord ⓘ owner ⓘ
mythologicalEvent	battle with Yam ⓘ conflict with Mot ⓘ
opposedBy	Yahweh worshippers in ancient Israel ⓘ
region	Canaan ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenicia Syria ⓘ
religion	Canaanite religion ⓘ Phoenician religion ⓘ ancient Near Eastern religion ⓘ
role	patron god of cities ⓘ protector of kings ⓘ warrior god ⓘ
symbol	bull ⓘ horns ⓘ thunderbolt ⓘ
typeOfCult	polytheistic cult ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

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

Phoenician civilization → majorDeity → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melqart

Canaan → majorDeity → Baal ⓘ

Hinnom Valley → associatedWithDeity → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molech

Hinnom Valley → associatedWithDeity → Baal ⓘ

Carthage → mainDeity → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hammon

Sidon → majorDeityVenerated → Baal ⓘ

Hittite Empire → pantheonIncludes → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Storm god Tarhunt

Phoenician religion → hasDeity → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hammon

Phoenician religion → centralCultFigure → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hammon

Baal → associatedWith → Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadad

Baal → hasVariant → Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hadad

Baal → hasVariant → Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hammon

Baal → hasVariant → Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Zebul

Baal → hasVariant → Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Shamem

Eshmun → associatedDeity → Baal ⓘ

Ishmael → children → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadad

Anat → associatedWith → Baal ⓘ

Astarte → spouseOrConsort → Baal ⓘ

Astarte → sibling → Baal ⓘ

Mesopotamian deity Tammuz → parallels → Baal ⓘ

subject surface form: Tammuz

Canaanites → pantheonIncludesDeity → Baal ⓘ

Canaanites → stormDeity → Baal ⓘ

El → parentOf → Baal ⓘ

Ugarit → majorDeity → Baal ⓘ

Tophet of Carthage → dedicatedToDeity → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hammon

Jezebel → father → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethbaal

Abimelech → associatedWith → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal-berith

Philistines → worshipedDeity → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal-zebub

Ahaziah → worshipped → Baal ⓘ

Edomite religion → worships → Baal ⓘ

Edomite religion → sharesDeity → Baal ⓘ

Baal → title → Baal ⓘ

Baal → mainCharacter → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal (character)

Punic (Carthaginian) people → majorDeity → Baal ⓘ

subject surface form: Punic people

this entity surface form: Baal Hammon

Canaanite religion → mainDeity → Baal ⓘ

Canaanite religion → hasStormGod → Baal ⓘ

Atargatis → hasConsort → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hadad

Tanit → spouse → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hammon

Tanit → consortOf → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hammon

Yam → opponentOf → Baal ⓘ

Yam → enemyOf → Baal ⓘ

Yam → defeatedBy → Baal ⓘ

Mot → opposedTo → Baal ⓘ

Mot → engagesInCyclicalStruggleWith → Baal ⓘ

Setekh → equatedWith → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal (in some New Kingdom contexts)

Sutekh → equatedWith → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal (in some New Kingdom contexts)

Virgin Anat → associatedWithDeity → Baal ⓘ