The Beneficent Deities |
|
Name |
Function/Identity |
El | father of gods, mankind. |
Athirat | El's consort. |
Kothar - and - Khasis | craftsman. |
Shachar & Shalim | twins |
Shamu | a sky god. |
Baal | god of fertility, 'rider of the clouds', and god of lightning and thunder. |
Athtart | consort of Baal, lesser god of war & the chase. |
Anat | goddess of war, the hunt, and savagery. |
Baalat | fertility goddess. |
Tanit | lady of Carthage. |
Shapshu | sun goddess. |
Yarikh | moon god. |
Kotharat | conception and childbirth. |
Athtar | possibly a god of the desert or of artificial irrigation. |
Sheger | god of cattle. |
Ithm | god of sheep. |
Hirgab | father of eagles. |
Elsh | steward |
Sha'taqat | a healing demoness. |
Nikkal - and - Ib | goddess of fruit. |
Khirkhib | king of summer & raiding season. |
Dagon of Tuttul | god of wheat, inventor of the plow. |
Baal - Shamen | Lord of the Assembly of the gods at Gubla. |
Milqart | god of the Metropolis and of the monarchy at Tyre and Carthage also King of the Underworld and Cycle of Vegetation |
Eshmun | god of healing. |
Anath | goddess of Love and War, the Maiden |
Asherah or Baalat Gubl | Goddess of Byblos |
Shahar | God of Dawn |
Shalim | God of Dusk |
The Chaos Deities |
|
Name |
Function/Identity |
Yam | sea & rivers. |
Arsh | monstrous attendant of Yam. |
Atik |
calf of El, enemy of Baal. |
Ishat | enemy of Baal. |
Zabib | an enemy of Baal. |
Mot | sterility, death, and the underworld. |
Horon | chthonic deity. |
Resheph | pestilence |
Aklm | like grasshoppers. |
Rephaim | deities of the underworld. |
Molech | a Canaanite deity to whom children were sacrificed |