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The pantheon was conceived as a divine family, headed by the
supreme
god El; the gods collectively made up the Elohim: |
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Anat |
Goddess of War and Strife, wife of Ba'al Hadad |
| Asherah |
walker of the sea, Mother Goddess, wife of El (also known as Elat) |
| ASTARTE |
possibly androgynous divinity associated with Venus |
| Baalat |
the wife or female counterpart of Baal |
| BA'AL HADAD |
Storm God, superseded El as head of the Pantheon |
| BAAL-HAMMON |
God
of Fertility and renewer of all energies in the Phoenician colonies |
| DAGON |
God of
Crop Fertility |
| EL ELYON |
(i.e. God most high) and El |
| ESHMUN |
or Baalat Asclepius, God of
Healing |
| KATHIRAT |
Goddesses of
Marriage and Pregnancy |
| KOTHAR |
Hasis, the skilled,
God of Craftsmanship |
| LOTAN |
serpent ally of Yam |
| MELQART |
King of the city, the underworld and cycle of vegetation in Tyre |
| MOLOCH |
"King" of child sacrifices |
| MOT |
God of Death |
| QADESHTU |
Holy One, Goddess of Love |
| RESHEPH |
God of Plague and
Healing |
| SHACHAR |
Gracious God |
| SHALIM |
Gracious God |
| SHAMAYIM |
the God of the Heavens |
| SHEMESH |
God of
Fertility, Sun and Rain |
| TEHWOM |
Goddess of the "Deeps" |
| YAM-NAHAR |
or
YAM, also called Judge Nahar |
| YARIKH |
God of the
Moon |
| ZEDEK |
God of
Light and Protection. |
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