El

E77503

Canaanite god creator god deity sky god

El is the chief god of the ancient Canaanite pantheon, often depicted as a patriarchal creator and father of other deities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
El canonical	28

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canaanite god ⓘ creator god ⓘ deity ⓘ sky god ⓘ
appearsInText	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Phoenician inscriptions ⓘ Ras Shamra tablets ⓘ Ugaritic Baal Cycle ⓘ surface form: Ugaritic texts
associatedWith	council of gods ⓘ kingship ⓘ wisdom ⓘ
consort	Asherah ⓘ
culture	Canaanite religion ⓘ Northwest Semitic religion ⓘ
describedAs	father of gods ⓘ patriarchal figure ⓘ
epithet	Bull El ⓘ Ancient of Days ⓘ surface form: El Elyon Shaddai ⓘ surface form: El Shaddai Father of Years ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasAttribute	ancient ⓘ benevolent ⓘ wise ⓘ
iconography	bearded figure ⓘ enthroned elder ⓘ
languageOfName	Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
memberOf	Canaanite religion ⓘ surface form: Canaanite pantheon
nameMeaning	god ⓘ mighty one ⓘ
oftenComparedTo	Anu ⓘ Enlil ⓘ surface form: Elil (Enlil) YHWH ⓘ surface form: Yahweh
oversees	divine council ⓘ
parentOf	Athirat’s seventy sons ⓘ Baal ⓘ Mot ⓘ Shachar ⓘ Shalim ⓘ Yam ⓘ
positionInPantheon	chief god ⓘ
religiousFunction	source of divine authority ⓘ
role	creator of heaven and earth ⓘ head of the Canaanite pantheon ⓘ
spouse	Asherah ⓘ
worshipCenter	Byblos ⓘ Ugarit ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ
worshipRegion	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant

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

Canaan → majorDeity → El ⓘ

Phoenician religion → hasDeity → El ⓘ

Baal → associatedWith → El ⓘ

Anat → associatedWith → El ⓘ

Canaanites → pantheonIncludesDeity → El ⓘ

Canaanites → mainDeity → El ⓘ

Ugarit → majorDeity → El ⓘ

Asherah → spouseOf → El ⓘ

Names of God in Judaism → includesName → El ⓘ

Eleven → alsoKnownAs → El ⓘ

Edomite religion → worships → El ⓘ

Edomite religion → sharesDeity → El ⓘ

Canaanite religion → mainDeity → El ⓘ

Canaanite religion → hasSupremeGod → El ⓘ

El Roi → etymologyComponent → El ⓘ

Ugaritic Baal Cycle → featuresDeity → El ⓘ

Elisheba → nameElement → El ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Canaanites

Athirat’s seventy sons → associatedDeity → El ⓘ

Athirat’s seventy sons → parent → El ⓘ

Bull El → refersTo → El ⓘ

Bull El → honorificFor → El ⓘ

Father of Years → epithetOf → El ⓘ

Ras Shamra tablets → includesDeity → El ⓘ

Shalim → parent → El ⓘ

Hebrew Yo-el → hasComponent → El ⓘ

Hebrew Yo-el → hasTheophoricElement → El ⓘ

Chesed → divineNameAssociation → El ⓘ