El (in some traditions)

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El is a chief West Semitic deity often regarded as a supreme father god and creator figure in ancient Canaanite and broader Near Eastern religious traditions.

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Label Occurrences
El (in some traditions) canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canaanite god
West Semitic deity
creator god
deity
sky father
abode cosmic mountain
associatedWith divine council
mountain abode
characterTrait benevolent
remote and exalted
wise
culture Canaanites
Ugaritians
linked to: Canaanites

West Semitic peoples
linked to: Semitic peoples
domain cosmic order
creation
kingship
epithet Bull El
El Elyon
linked to: Godhead

El Shaddai
linked to: Shaddai

Father of Years
gender male
languageOfSources Hebrew
Ugaritic
linked to: Ugaritic language
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible (as a divine title/name in some traditions)
Ugaritic texts
offspring Baal
Mot
Shachar
Shalim
Yam
the seventy sons of El
religion Canaanite religion
Ugaritic religion
linked to: Canaanite religion

ancient Levantine religion
role chief god
creator of creatures
father of gods
head of the divine council
spouse Asherah
statusInMyth ancient patriarchal deity
symbol bull
typeOfVeneration polytheistic worship
worshipPeriod Bronze Age
worshipRegion Canaan
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Ugarit

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Astarte spouseOrConsort El (in some traditions)