Baal

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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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Observed surface forms (8)

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 ⓘ

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

Eshmun → associatedDeity → Baal ⓘ

Anat → associatedWith → Baal ⓘ

Baal → associatedWith → Baal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadad

Hinnom Valley → associatedWithDeity → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molech

Hinnom Valley → associatedWithDeity → Baal ⓘ

Phoenician religion → centralCultFigure → Baal ⓘ