Eshmun

Eshmun (or Eshmoun, less accurately Esmun or Esmoun; ''; Yasumunu'') was a Phoenician god of healing and the tutelary god of Sidon. His name, which means "eighth," may reference his status as the eighth son of the god Sydyk.

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Deity.type: Canaanite
Deity.name: Eshmun
Deity.god_of: God of healing
Deity.image: Eshmun Temple.jpg
Deity.caption: Ruins of the 7th century BC Phoenician Temple of Eshmun in Sidon
Deity.cult_center: Sidon, Beirut, Cyprus, Sardinia, and Carthage
Deity.greek_equivalent: Asclepius
Deity.roman_equivalent: Aesculapius
Deity.script_name: Phoencian
Deity.script: 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍
Deity.gender: Male
Deity.temples: Temple of Eshmun at Bostan el-Sheikh, Sidon
Deity.symbol: Serpent

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==History== Eshmun was known at least from the Iron Age period at Sidon and was worshipped also in Tyre, Beirut, Cyprus, Sardinia, and in Carthage where the site of Eshmun's temple is now occupied by the acropolium of Carthage.