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بعل
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Also known as Baʿl, Baʿal, Hadad, Baalim, Haddu

عنوان سامی که اغلب در اشاره به خدایان استفاده می‌شود.

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"Baal" was a title meaning "lord" or "owner" in ancient Semitic languages that came to be used as a name for gods, particularly the storm and fertility god Hadad and his various local forms. The god Baal is the main character in the Baal Cycle, one of the longest surviving epic poems from the ancient Near East, making it an important source for understanding ancient Near Eastern religion and literature.

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Key facts

Deity.type
Canaanite
Deity.name
Baal
Deity.image
Baal thunderbolt Louvre AO15775.jpg
Deity.caption
Baal with Thunderbolt stele from Ugarit (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Deity.deity_of
God of fertility, weather, rain, wind, lightning, seasons, war, sailors
Deity.siblings
Hebat (in Syrian tradition), Anat
Deity.offspring
Pidray, Tallay, Arsay
Deity.symbol
Bull, ram, thunderbolt
Deity.consorts
possibly Anat or Athtart
Deity.Greek_equivalent
Zeus
Deity.equivalent1_type
Aramaean and Mesopotamian
Deity.equivalent1
Hadad
Deity.equivalent2_type
Hurrian
Deity.equivalent2
Teshub
Deity.equivalent3_type
Arabic
Deity.equivalent3
Hubal
Deity.equivalent4
Set (due to being a foreign god in Egypt, since Set was the god of foreigners – otherwise Baal Zephon, equivalent to Baʿal Hadad, was also equated with Horus)
Deity.equivalent4_type
Egyptian

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Wikidata facts

Gender
male
Spouse
Astarte
Father
Dagon
Image
Baal Ugarit Louvre AO17329.jpg
Said to be same as
Seth
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Commons category
Baal
topic's main category
Category:Baal
nickname
אלאי קרדם
domain of saint or deity
storm
native label
Βάαλ
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