| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "El'eb" | Canaan | Primordial god Canaan |
| God name "El'eb" | Western Semitic / Canaanite | Primordial god. In some texts the god EL (IL) is not the original being but is preceded by a father figure. EL-EB translates as god the father.See also YALDABAOTH.... |
| God name "Elkunirsa" | Western Semitic / Canaanite / / Hittite | Creator god. Allegedly borrowed and modified from the Canaanite god IL. His consort is Aserdus (Canaanite: ASERTU).... |
| God name "Elkunisra" | Canaan | Creator god. Canaan |
| Goddess name "Hadad" | Western Semitic / Syrian / Phoenician | weather god. Derived from the Akkadian deity ADAD. In texts found at the site of the ancient Canaanite capital of Ugarit [Ras Samra] , the name of Hadad apparently becomes a substitute for that of BAAL. His voice is described as roaring from the clouds and his weapon is the thunderbolt. His mother is the goddess ASERAH. During Hellenic times he was predominantly worshiped at Ptolemais and Hierapolis. His Syrian consort is ATARGATIS, who overshadowed him in local popularity at Hierapolis. Statues of the two deities were carried in procession to the sea twice yearly. According to the Jewish writer Josephus, Hadad also enjoyed a major cult following at Damascus in the eighth and ninth centuries BC. By the third century BC the Hadad-Atargatis cult had extended to Egypt, when he becomes identified as the god SUTEKH. In the Greek tradition his consort becomes HERA.See also ADAD.... |
| God name "Hadad/ El" | Canaan / Semite | The god of lightning, thunder & storms |
| God name "Haurun" | Canaan | Fiery earth god Canaan |
| God name "Haurun" | Western Semitic / Canaanite | Chthonic or earth god. Haurun was introduced to Egyptian religion probably by emigre workers who related him to the sculpture of the Sphinx at Giza. Haurun was known locally as a god of healing.... |
| Goddess name "Hiribi" | Canaan | Goddess of summer. Canaan |
| God name "Il" | Canaan | Creator god Syria / Canaan / Lebanon |
| Goddess name "Is'ara" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian / / western Semitic | Goddess of marriage and childbirth. Also a deity concerned with the enforcing of oaths. Known chiefly from early inscriptions and some Akkadian texts. Her Mesopotamian cult center was the Babylonian town of Kisurra, but she is also thought to have been worshiped across a wide area among Syrians, Canaanites and Hittites. Her symbol is the scorpion. Also Es ara.... |
| God name "Ithm" | Canaan | God of herds, usually sheep. Canaan |
| God name "Jamma" | Phonecia / Canaan | A god of of water, to be primarily a sea god |
| God name "Jarih" | Canaan | God of the moon Canaan |
| God name "Jarih/ Erah" | Canaan | A moon god |
| Goddess name "Kades" | Canaan | Goddess of fertility usually shown sky clad Canaan |
| Goddess name "Kades" | Canaanite | Fertility goddess. Depicted naked carrying a snake and usually standing upon a lion. Taken over by the Egyptians (see QUADES ).... |
| Goddess name "Kathirat" | Canaan | Wise goddesses Canaan |
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