El (ʾĒl, hebraisk אל) er det nordvestsemittiske ordet for «guddom», eller «Gud», tilsvarende det akkadiske ilum.I kanaanittisk religion, eller i religionen i Levanten som helhet, var Eli eller Il den øverste gud, far til hele menneskeheten og alle vesener og ektefelle til gudinnen Asjera, som nedtegnet på leirtavler i Ugarit (dagens Ras Shamra) i Syria.

Herkomst en andere namen. Qua naam, afkomst en functies is Astarte verwant aan de godin Isjtar uit de Mesopotamische teksten, die op haar beurt weer verwant is aan de Soemerische godin Inanna. Astaroth was weer op Astarte gebaseerd, net als de Griekse Aphrodite, vooral Aphrodite Erycina. Herodotus schreef dat de cultus van Aphrodite zijn oorsprong vond in Fenicië.

Equivalents; Roman equivalent: Atlas: Egyptian equivalent: Shu: In Greek mythology, Atlas (/ ˈ æ t l ə s /; Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlas) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy.Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles (Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.According to the ancient Greek poet …

Nach Sanchuniathon soll Astarte einen aus der Luft gefallenen Stern aufgehoben und auf der heiligen Insel Tyros geweiht haben. Mythen. Der Papyrus Astarte und das unersättliche Meer erzählt den vermutlich syrischen Mythos vom Kampf der Götter gegen den Meeresgott Jam in einer ägyptischen Version.

Melqart (also Melkarth or Melicarthus) was the tutelary god of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre and a major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons.Often titled the "Lord of Tyre" (Ba‘al Ṣūr), he was also known as the Son of Baal or El (the Ruler of the Universe), King of the Underworld, and Protector of the Universe.He symbolized the annual cycle of vegetation and …

Sidon (/ ˈ s aɪ d ə n / SYE-duhn; Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣīḏōn) known locally as Sayda or Saida (Arabic: صيدا Ṣaydā), is the third-largest city in Lebanon.It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. Tyre to the south and Lebanese capital Beirut to the north are both about 40 kilometres (25 miles) away.

Elyon (Hebrew: עֶלְיוֹן ‎ ʿElyōn) is an epithet of the God of the Israelites in the Hebrew Bible. ʾĒl ʿElyōn is usually rendered in English as "God Most High", and similarly in the Septuagint as ὁ Θεός ὁ ὕψιστος ("God the highest").. The term also has mundane uses, such as "upper" (where the ending in both roots is a locative, not superlative or comparative ...

Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world.. The city developed from a Canaanite Phoenician colony into the capital of a Punic empire which dominated large parts …

Linguistic forms and meanings. Cognate forms of ʼĒl are found throughout the Semitic languages.They include Ugaritic ʾilu, pl. ʾlm; Phoenician ʾl pl. ʾlm; Hebrew ʾēl, pl. ʾēlîm; Aramaic ʾl; Akkadian ilu, pl. ilānu.. In northwest Semitic use, ʼĒl was a generic word for any god as well as the special name or title of a particular god who was distinguished from other gods as being ...

A lost work is a document, literary work, or piece of multimedia produced some time in the past, of which no surviving copies are known to exist. It can only be known through reference. This term most commonly applies to works from the classical world, although it is increasingly used in relation to modern works.A work may be lost to history through the destruction of an original …