Search results for "Semitic gods" - New World Encyclopedia
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- realm. He was the son of the first pair of gods, Ansar and Kisar, and the ... record, making him one of the oldest of the gods. Like his Canaanite counterpart ...10 KB (1,744 words) - 21:24, 24 March 2024
- and in Eblaite—a previously unknown Semitic language. Its religion appears to have included both Semitic and Sumerian influences ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 17:22, 11 October 2020
- Yam or Yamm, from the ancient Semitic word meaning "sea," ... In West Semitic mythology, Yam was given kingship over the other gods ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- The Akkadian Empire usually refers to the Semitic speaking state that ... Rulers with Semitic names had already established themselves at Kish ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Ēl (Hebrew: אל) is a northwest Semitic word meaning "god" ... Asherah, and the parent of many other gods. Canaanite mythology about ...20 KB (3,357 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- in several myths as risking the other gods' disapproval by showing ... to some degree with later western Semitic gods such as the Canaanite ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- Anat, also ‘Anat, was a major northwest Semitic goddess who was ... `Anat is addressed by El, the father of the gods as "daughter" and ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- union gives rise to the first generation of gods. After becoming outraged at ... As the Babylonian and Semitic societies were closely related (in terms ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- details the mythology of several Canaanite gods and provides previously unknown ... temples: one to Baal the "king of the gods," and one to Dagon, the ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- Amar, Hebrew ’emōrî) refers to a Semitic people who first occupied ... The Amorite language was a semitic dialect. The main sources for our ...16 KB (2,552 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- Albright obtained his doctorate in Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins ... view and agenda. In Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan, he expressed the ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- of the Sumerian goddess Inanna and the Semitic goddess Astarte, the three ... The name Ishtar is likely Semitic in origin, and was identified in ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- also spelled Ashera, was a major northwest Semitic mother goddess, appearing ... beginning in the eighteenth dynasty, a Semitic goddess named Qudshu (& ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- The Sumerians called their gods the Anunaki. Abraham was the son of ... Sitchin's voluminous works, he uses Semitic language etymology and translations ...15 KB (2,395 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- Dagon was an ancient northwest Semitic god worshiped by the early ... and in personal Amorite names in which the gods Ilu (Ēl), Dagan, and Hadad/Adad ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- enemy of the Hebrew God Yahweh. The Semitic word "baal" (meaning ... Here, he earns his position as the champion and ruler of the gods ...25 KB (4,203 words) - 05:22, 26 August 2023
- debated. Many consider him to have been a Semitic fertility deity similar ... of the Philistines and worshiped their gods. The judge Samson (Judges ...22 KB (3,372 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- Tiamat's salt water spawned both the gods and civilization. ... ::None of the gods had been brought into being, ::And none bore a name ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- Certain signs to indicate names of gods, countries, cities, vessels ... modifications to Sumerian orthography. The Semitic equivalents for many signs ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- As the names of Babylonian gods often offer insight into the character ... servant attempted to enlist help of other gods but only wise Enki (Babylonian ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
