languages. The word is derived from the Proto-Semitic *ʔil-. Specific deities known as 'El, 'Al or 'Il include the supreme god of the ancient Canaanite religion...
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Yahweh (redirect from Yahweh (Semitic deity))
Yahweh was an ancient Levantine deity, the national god of the Israelite kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and later the god of Judaism and its other descendant...
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ʿElyon and ʾĒl Bēṯ-ʾĒl. As such, El Shaddai can convey several different semantic relations between the two words, among them: the deity of a place called...
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El Roi (Biblical Hebrew: אֵל רֳאִי, romanized: ʾĒl Rŏʾī) is one of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible. It is used in Genesis 16:13 by Hagar. Rashi translates...
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Milcom (category El (deity))
other deities with similar names attested in the Bible and archaeologically are debated, as well as his relationship to the Canaanite supreme deity El, or...
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A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to be sacred and worthy of worship due to having authority over the universe, nature or human life....
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Look up El, el, or el- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. EL, El or el may refer to: El, a character from the manga series Shugo Chara! by Peach-Pit Eleven...
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god in Irish mythology God the Father King of the Gods Creator deity Sky father El (deity) Zeus Jupiter (mythology) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Shahar (god) (redirect from Shahar (deity))
(morning star) Shamash Asherah Golan, 2003, p. 82. "The name of the Canaanite deity of the setting sun Salim, or Salem, [...] The names [of Sahar and Salim]...
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Shapshu (category Children of El (deity))
Hurrian sun deity Šimige also appears nine times. Her name is the fourth most common seen in personal names, behind the names of Baal, El, and Resheph...
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Adon (category El (deity))
avoid invoking the deity's proper name, Yahweh. In Canaanite/Ugaritic tradition, ʾadn ilm, literally "lord of gods" is an epithet of El.: 532 However, ʾadn...
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Shalim (category Children of El (deity))
god of the dusk and Shahar as the god of the dawn. In the Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, Venus is represented by Shalim as the Evening...
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deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof. Such deities are usually associated with power and strength. Solar deities...
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Yam (god) (category Children of El (deity))
modern Syria. He is best known from the Ugaritic texts. While he was a minor deity in Ugaritic religion, he is nonetheless attested as a recipient of offerings...
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Anat (category Children of El (deity))
inform a weather god that the eponymous deity (whose name might be derived from an epithet of the Ugaritic god El) and his wife, Ašertu (Athirat), are plotting...
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Astarte.: 270 From these relationships is said to be born a crocodile deity called Maga. The meaning of the name Set is unknown, but it is thought to...
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Mot (god) (category Children of El (deity))
Canaanite Ritual to Stop the Rains?". Michael S. Heiser. "Are Yahweh and El Distinct Deities in Deut. 32:8-9 and Psalm 82?". Brian D. Russsell, "The Song of the...
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Israel (name) (category El (deity))
Modern scholars read the el as the subject, for a translation of "El (Mighty One) persists/rules/shines forth/contends," or "El fights/struggles", and less...
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Satan. The Scapular of St. Michael the Archangel also bears this phrase. El (deity) Song of the Sea Michaelion Michaelmas Novena to Saint Michael Prayer...
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Baal Berith (redirect from El Berith)
Sanchuniathon it is from Sky and Earth that El and various other deities are born, though ancient texts refer to El as creator of heaven and earth. A relationship...
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High place (category El (deity))
Ramah (1 Samuel 9:12–14); there was a stele (matzevah), the seat of the deity, and a Asherah pole (named after the goddess Asherah), which marked the...
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Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions (category El (deity))
representations of Yahweh and Asherah, the Egyptian dwarf-god Bes or Bes-like deities, or even as demonic ritual dancers. They appear bull-faced, bipedal, and...
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specifically referring to a goddess. Anglo-Saxon paganism Bhagavan (Hindi word) El (deity) (Semitic word) Elohim Jumala (Finnish word) Tanri (Turkish word) Yahweh...
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religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, have deities associated with the sky. The daytime sky deities are typically distinct from the nighttime ones...
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Legend of Keret (category El (deity))
one of the Ugaritic texts. In the legend, Kirta is the son of the great god El but is considered unfortunate. He has been widowed seven times, and has no...
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Ninurta Inanna Marduk Ra Teshub Indra Garuda Janamejaya Uttanka Baal El (deity) Yahweh Michael Daniel Apollo Zeus Jupiter Perseus Heracles Heros Saint...
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A lunar deity is a deity who represents the Moon, or an aspect of it. Lunar deities and Moon worship can be found throughout most of recorded history...
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Enki (category Mercurian deities)
Capricornus Iah Jah Me (mythology) Mesopotamian mythology Ahura Mazda El (deity) In the larger narrative Enmerkar is the king of Uruk (Sumer) and Aratta...
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Ilah (category Arabian deities)
(ʾilāh) except the God (Allāh)." Arabian mythology Al-Lāt Al-‘Uzzá Manāt El (deity) Eloah Elohim History of Arabia Pre-Islamic Arabia Religion in pre-Islamic...
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