Levantine mythology Levantine mythology Adonis, an annual vegetation life-death-rebirth deity, imported from Syrian into Greek mythology, always retained aspects of his Semitic Near Eastern origins and was one of the most complex cult figures in classical times. He had multiple roles and there has been much scholarship over the centuries of his meaning and purpose in the Greek religious beliefs. His Semitic counterpart is Tammuz. His Etruscan counterpart was Atunis. (Some mythologists believe he was later exported to Germania, and his counterpart in Germanic mythology is Baldr.) He is an annually-renewed, ever-youthful vegetation god, a life-death-rebirth deity whose nature is tied to the calendar. His cult belonged to women: the cult of dying Adonis was fully-developed in the circle of young girls around Sappho on Lesbos, about 600 BCE, as a fragment of Sappho reveals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adonis"
Anat, also ‘Anat (in ASCII spelling `Anat and often simplified to Anat), Hebrew or Phoenician ענת (‘Anāt), Ugaritic ‘nt, Greek Αναθ (transliterated Anath), in Egyptian rendered as Antit, Anit, Anti (not to be confused with Anti) , or Anant, is a major northwest Semitic goddess. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anat"
(Arsu) The Palmyran god of the evening star. He is usually portrayed as riding a camel with his twin brother Azizos. In pre- Islamic Arabia, he is known as Radu. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arsu"
Asherah (from Hebrew אשרה) generally taken as identitical with the Ugaritic goddess Athirat (more pedantically but accurately A irat) was a major northwest Semitic mother goddess, appearing occasionally also in Akkadian sources as Ashratum/Ashratu and in Hittite as Asherdu(s) or Ashertu(s) or Aserdu(s) or Asertu(s). ...more on Wikipedia about "Asherah"
Astarte (from Greek Αστάρτη (Astártē)) is a major Northwest Semitic goddess, cognate in name, origin and functions with the East Semitic goddess Ishtar. Another transliteration is ‘Ashtart; other names for the goddess include Hebrew or Phoenician עשתרת (transliterated Ashtoreth), Ugaritic ‘ttrt (also ‘Attart or ‘Athtart, transliterated Atirat), and Akkadian dAs-tar-tú (also Astartu). ...more on Wikipedia about "Astarte"
"Other deities worshipped at Ugarit were El Shaddai, El Elyon, and El Berith. All of these names are applied to Yahweh by the writers of the Old Testament. What this means is that the Hebrew theologians adopted the titles of the Canaanite gods and attributed them to Yahweh in an effort to eliminate them. If Yahweh is all of these there is no need for the Canaanite gods to exist! This process is known as assimilation." ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Berith (god)"
Dagon was a major northwest Semitic god, the god of grain and agriculture according to the few sources to speak of the matter, worshipped by the early Amorites, by the people of Ebla, by the people of Ugarit and a chief god (perhaps the chief god) of the Biblical Philistines. His name appears in Hebrew as דגון (in modern transcription Dagon, Tiberian Hebrew Dāḡôn), in Ugaritic as dgn (probably vocalized as Dagnu), and in Akkadian as Dagana, Daguna usually rendered in English translations as Dagan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dagon"
Ēl is a northwest Semitic word and name translated into English as either 'god' or 'God' or left untranslated as El, depending on the context. ...more on Wikipedia about "El (god)"
In the Levantine pantheon, the Elohim are the sons of El the most high (elyon) assembled on the divine holy place, Mount Zephon ( Jebel Aqra). This mountain, which lies in Syria, was regarded as a portal to its heavenly counterpart. The Elohim are ruled by the El called Hadad and known among the common people as the Lord (" Baal"). Assembled on the holy mountain of heaven and ruled by one, the pantheon (Elohim) acts in unison. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elohim (gods)"
Haddad - בעל הדד - حداد (in Ugaritic Haddu) was a very important northwest Semitic storm and rain god, cognate in name and origin with the Akkadian god Adad. Hadad is often called simply Ba‘al Lord, but this title is also used for other gods. Hadad was equated with the Anatolian storm-god Teshub, the Egyptian god Set, the Greek god Zeus, and the Roman god Jupiter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hadad"
Liluri was an old Syrian goddess of mountains. She was the consort of Manuzi, a Syrian weather god, and bulls were sacrificed to both of them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Liluri"
Lotan is the seven-headed sea serpent or dragon of Ugaritic myths. He is either a pet of the demigod Yaw or Yaw himself, who is also known as Yam (sea) or Nahar (river); the cosmic ocean of myth is often known as a great stream. In Hebrew orthography, he is the Leviathan. He represents the mass destruction of floods, oceans, and winter. He lives in a palace in the sea. He fights with THE LORD Hadad who scatters him. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lotan"
Manuzi was an old Syrian weather god. His consort was Liluri, a goddess of mountains; bulls were sacrificed to both of them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Manuzi"
In Ugaritic Mot 'Death' (spelled mt) is personified as a god of death. The word is cognate with forms meaning 'death' in other Semitic languages: with Hebrew מות (māwet); with Canaanite, Egyptian Aramaic, Nabataean, and Palmyrene מות (mwt); with Jewish Aramaic, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, and Samaritan מותא (mwt’); with Syriac mautā; with Mandaean muta; with Akkadian mūtu; with Arabic maut. Although Semetic languages are not considered related to Indo European, Sanskrit the root word for death in Sanskrit is 'Mrit', and Latin 'Mortus' is also very similar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mot"
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Salem or Shalom is the god of the dawn and peace in the pantheon of the Levant. He is referred to in the Old Testament as a name for the Jewish god, as well as in Ugaritic texts as one of the sons of El most high (elyon). The temple of Jerusalem, which sits atop a hill overlooking the east toward dawn, is named for him. ...more on Wikipedia about "Salem (god)"
Semitic gods refers to the gods or deities of peoples generally classified as speaking a Semitic language. As Semitic itself is a rough, categorical term, the definitive bounds of the term "Semitic gods" are likewise only approximate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Semitic gods"
Shaddai was a god worshipped in the ancient Levant whose name means "mountains". The name is used as a name for the Jewish God in the Old Testament, translated into English as "Almighty". ...more on Wikipedia about "Shaddai (god)"
Yahu, Yah, Yam, or Yaw [jaʊ] is the name of the Levantine god of chaos and mass-destruction, and in some myths he is one of the 'ilhm ( Els) or sons of El. Despite linguistic overlap, theologically this god is not a part of the subregional monotheistic theology, but rather is part of a broader and archaic Levantine polytheism. Yaw is the deity's original proper name but many poems use only Yamm, an ordinary word meaning "sea." ...more on Wikipedia about "Yaw (god)"
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