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|smt5=The chief Semitic god. | |smt5=The chief Semitic god. | ||
Bearing a name that means "Lord," or "owner," he was revered as a god of fertility in addition to being known as the god of Canaan and both brother and consort to the goddess Anat. Many demons, such as Bael, Beelzebub, Belphegor, and Berith are believed to be derivations of Baal. There were even instances of him being worshiped in the very same temples as Yahweh (YHVH) in times long since passed. | Bearing a name that means "Lord," or "owner," he was revered as a god of fertility in addition to being known as the god of Canaan and both brother and consort to the goddess Anat. Many demons, such as Bael, Beelzebub, Belphegor, and Berith are believed to be derivations of Baal. There were even instances of him being worshiped in the very same temples as Yahweh (YHVH) in times long since passed. | ||
|smt5v=The chief Semitic god. | |||
Bearing a name that means "Lord," or "owner," he was revered as a god of fertility in addition to being known as the god of Canaan and both brother and consort to the goddess Anat. Many demons, such as Bael, Beelzebub, Belphegor, and Berith, are believed to be derivations of Baal. There were even instances of him being worshiped in the very same temples as Yahweh (YHVH) in times long since passed. | |||
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|dx2=A god of storm and rain worshipped in the Canaan region, his name means "Lord" in ancient Semitic. Like his title, he is the chief deity in Ugaritic mythology. | |dx2=A god of storm and rain worshipped in the Canaan region, his name means "Lord" in ancient Semitic. Like his title, he is the chief deity in Ugaritic mythology. | ||