Ousoos

Ousoos
   Giant son of Fire in Phoenician Creation Legends of Philo Byblos, and the first to make garments from skins; at enmity with his brother Hyposouranios, who was the first to build cities. This enmity would appear to be founded on the traditional dislike of the pastoral tribes for the first town dwellers although analogies have been traced with the dispute between Aleion (Aleion Baal) and Baal.

Who’s Who in non-classical mythology . . 2014.

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