Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deities name "Baa! Samin (lord of heaven)" | Western Semitic / Phoenician | Head of the pantheon. Probably originated in Canaanite culture as a god of Rain and vegetation, but became extensively revered in places as far apart as Cyprus and Carthage. Epithets include bearer of thunder. Baal Samin is first mentioned in a fourteenth century BC treaty between the Hittite king Suppiluliuma and Nigmadu II of Ugarit. He had a major sanctuary at Byblos, according to inscription, built by Yehemilk. Josephus confirms that his cult existed at the time of Solomon. At Karatepe his name appears at the head of a list of national deities and on Seleucid coinage he is depicted wearing a half-moon crown and carrying a radiate Sun disc. Other epithets include lord of eternity and he may also have been god of storms at sea, a patron deity of mariners. By Hellenic times he equated with ZEUS in the Greek pantheon and the Romans identified him as Caelus (sky). Also Baal-Samem.... |
Deities name "Istustaya" | Hittite | One of the deities who awaited the return of Telipinus Hittite |
Deities name "Karuilers siunes" | Syria | deities who were taken over by the Hittites in as gods of all oaths Syria |
Deities name "Miyatanzipa" | Hittite | One of the deities who awaited the return of Telipinu |
Deities name "Miyatanzipa" | Hittite | One of the deities who sat under the Hawthorn tree awaiting the return of Telipinu. Hittite |
Deities name "Papaya" | Hittite | One of the deities who awaited the return of Telipinus. Hittite |