- Baal-Hadad
- ‘Lord of the thunder’ and rider of the clouds, he was the Syrian god of storm and weather in general.
Who’s Who in non-classical mythology . John Keegan. 2014.
Baal-Hadad
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Baal (Gott) — Baal (hebr. בעל / Ba‘al, akkad. Bēlu(m), Bēl, ugarit., phöniz. pun. und amurr. Ba‘lu(m), Bal, samaritan. Bāl, aram. Be‘lu, ab der 19. Dynastie ägypt. B‘r, griech. Βηλος, in der LXX und bei Josephus Βααλ, lat. Belus, bei Hieronymus Baal, arab.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Baal — Ba al (pronounced: IPA| [baʕal] ; Hebrew: בעל) (ordinarily spelled Baal in English) is a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning master or lord that is used for various gods who were patrons of cities in the Levant, cognate to Assyrian Bēlu … Wikipedia
