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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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

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T301003 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Baal
Context triple: [Phoenician civilization, majorDeity, Baal]

A. Marduk
Marduk is the chief god of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with creation, kingship, and the defeat of the chaos monster Tiamat.
B. Enlil
Enlil is a chief god in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with wind, air, and authority over the cosmos.
C. Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
D. Nimrod
Nimrod is a 1997 studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, best known for its blend of punk energy with more experimental and melodic tracks.
E. Nefertem
Nefertem is an ancient Egyptian lotus god associated with the rising sun, beauty, and healing, particularly revered in the religious traditions of Memphis.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. Marduk
Marduk is the chief god of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with creation, kingship, and the defeat of the chaos monster Tiamat.
B. Enlil
Enlil is a chief god in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with wind, air, and authority over the cosmos.
C. Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
D. Nimrod
Nimrod is a 1997 studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, best known for its blend of punk energy with more experimental and melodic tracks.
E. Nefertem
Nefertem is an ancient Egyptian lotus god associated with the rising sun, beauty, and healing, particularly revered in the religious traditions of Memphis.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

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

Ugaritic Baal Cycle → mainDeity → Baal ⓘ

Astoreth → associatedDeity → Baal ⓘ

El (in some traditions) → offspring → Baal ⓘ

subject surface form: El

Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites → pantheonIncludes → Baal ⓘ

subject surface form: Canaanites

Athirat’s seventy sons → relatedMythicFigure → Baal ⓘ

Ras Shamra tablets → includesDeity → Baal ⓘ

Dagan → parentOf → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal (in some traditions)

Amorite dynasty of Yamkhad → mainDeity → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Storm-god of Aleppo

Punic stelae → dedicatedTo → Baal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baal Hammon

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Referenced by (59)

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