Yarikh the Moon God of Canaan
Sumerian Nanna was a derivative of the Canaanite Yarikh. The Moon god Yarikh had a special shrine at Jericho in the West Bank…
Goddess Inanna the Queen of Heaven
Most ancient religions had the conceptualisation of a great goddess who was associated with warfare and victory in battle. Mesopotamia and Canaan were no exception to this…
Yahweh the God of Israel
Israel’s name carries within itself the name of El, meaning the “stride of El.”…
Ba’al The Lord God of Canaan
Ba’al was a major deity worshipped in Canaan and in other related cultures of Fertile Crescent, including Ugarit in Western Syria and in Mesopotamia…
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