Bel

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Bel is a major Mesopotamian god, often identified with Marduk, revered as a supreme deity and lord of the heavens and earth in Babylonian religion.

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Label Occurrences
Bel canonical 15

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian god ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedCity Babylon ⓘ
associatedConcept law and order ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
associatedMyth Enuma Elish ⓘ
associatedSymbol dragon ⓘ
spade ⓘ
associatedWith cosmic order ⓘ
justice ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
storm ⓘ
war ⓘ
centerOfCult Esagila ⓘ
cosmicStatus head of the divine assembly ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian ⓘ
domain earth ⓘ
heaven ⓘ
epithet Bel of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Lord of Babylon

Bel the lord ⓘ
linked to: Almighty
equivalentInSumerian Enlil ⓘ
function creator god ⓘ
protector of Babylon ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
honorificTitle Lord ⓘ
identifiedWith Marduk ⓘ
influenceOn classical descriptions of Eastern gods ⓘ
later Near Eastern religion ⓘ
language Akkadian ⓘ
meaningOfName Lord ⓘ
mythologicalRole champion of the gods ⓘ
dragon slayer ⓘ
pantheon Babylonian pantheon ⓘ
Mesopotamian pantheon ⓘ
regionOfCult Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion Babylonian religion ⓘ
role supreme deity ⓘ
temple Esagila ⓘ
title king of the gods ⓘ
lord of the heavens and the earth ⓘ
typeOfDeity national god ⓘ
sky god ⓘ
worshippedBy Akkadians ⓘ
Babylonians ⓘ
worshipPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
worshipPlace Babylon ⓘ

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