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List of Gods : "Tyre" - 6 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
King name "Europa"	Greek	The daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, or Telephåśśa, Her famous brother was Cadmus. She was a beautiful girl who caught the eye of Zeus one day while on the spéñïś at Sidon (Tyre). He transformed himself into a snow-white bull with crescent horns among the herds of Agenor and lay down at her feet as she gathered flowers in the meadows with her attendants. Greek
God name "Lucy"	Christian	Patron saint for those afflicted in the eyes. It is said that a nobleman wanted to marry her for the beauty of her eyes; so she tore them out and gave them to him saying, "Now let me live to God." The story says that her eyesight was restored; but the rejected lover accused her of "faith in Christ," and she was martyred by a sword thrust into her neck. Christian
God name "Melkart"	Phoenicia	God in charge of travelers, sailors, colonies and the city of Tyre who, like the Phoenix, is regenerated by fire Phoenicia
God name "Melkart/ Melqart"	Phonecia	A rather busy god in charge of travelers, sailors, colonies & the city of Tyre who, like the Phoenix, is regenerated by fire
God name "Melqart"	Tyre	Melkart, the tutelary god of the Phoenician city of Tyre.
"Qudsu"	Western Semitic	Personification of holiness. Known from inscriptions at Tyre where a human figure stands naked on a lion, wearing a spiral headdress and holding lotus blossoms and serpents....

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