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Ancient Semitic religion encompasses the polytheistic religions of the Semitic peoples from the ancient Near East and Northeast Africa.Since the term Semitic itself represents a rough category when referring to cultures, as opposed to languages, the definitive bounds of the term "ancient Semitic religion" are only approximate, but exclude the religions of "non-Semitic" speakers of the region ...
Tribal organizations in West Semitic culture also influenced El's portrayal as a "treaty partner" in covenants, where the clan is seen as the "kin" of the deity. Eventually, El’s cult became central to the ethnogenesis of Iron Age Israelites but so far, scholars are unable to determine how much of the population were El worshippers.
Baal ( / ˈbeɪ.əl, ˈbɑː.əl / ), [ 6][ a] or Baʻal[ b] ( Hebrew: בַּעַל baʿal ), was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or ' lord ' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied to gods. [ 11]
Nabataean. Canaan. Hebrew. Punic. v. t. e. The Canaanite religion was the group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age to the first centuries CE. Canaanite religion was polytheistic and, in some cases, monolatristic.
Syn was the chief-god of the Hadhramites. His role is disputed; while he may be connected to the Moon, and by extension, the Semitic god Sin, his symbol is the eagle, a solar symbol. Attested: Ta'lab: Ta'lab is a moon god primarily worshipped by the Sum'ay, a Sabaean tribal confederation which consisted of the tribes Hashid, Humlan and Yarsum ...
ʿAṯtar is a deity whose role, name, and even gender varied across ancient Semitic religion. In both genders, ʿAṯtar is identified with the planet Venus, the morning and evening star. [ 5] ʿAṯtar is a prominent character in the Baal Cycle .
Chemosh ( Moabite: 𐤊𐤌𐤔, romanized: Kamōš; Biblical Hebrew: כְּמוֹשׁ, romanized: Kəmōš) was a Canaanite deity worshipped by Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples occupying the region known in the Hebrew bible as Moab, in modern-day Jordan east of the Dead Sea, during the Levantine Iron Age.
Deities of the ancient Near East. Mot ( Phoenician: 𐤌𐤕 mūt, Hebrew: מות māweṯ, Arabic: موت mawt) was the Canaanite god of death and the Underworld. [ 1][ 2] He was also known to the people of Ugarit and in Phoenicia, [ 3] where Canaanite religion was widespread. The main source of information about Mot in Canaanite mythology ...