Baal
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Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.
All labels observed (22)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baal canonical | 65 |
| Baal Hammon | 12 |
| Baal Hadad | 4 |
| Baal (in some New Kingdom contexts) | 2 |
| Baalshamin | 2 |
| Hadad | 2 |
| Storm god Tarhunt | 2 |
| Baal (as rival deity in polemics) | 1 |
| Baal (character) | 1 |
| Baal (in Canaanite religion) | 1 |
| Baal (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Baal Shamem | 1 |
| Baal Zebul | 1 |
| Baal-berith | 1 |
| Baal-zebub | 1 |
| Baals | 1 |
| Ethbaal | 1 |
| Melqart | 1 |
| Molech | 1 |
| Phoenician god Baal | 1 |
| Storm-god of Aleppo | 1 |
| Syrian storm-god Baal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T301003 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baal Context triple: [Phoenician civilization, majorDeity, Baal]
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A.
Marduk
Marduk is the chief god of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with creation, kingship, and the defeat of the chaos monster Tiamat.
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B.
Enlil
Enlil is a chief god in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with wind, air, and authority over the cosmos.
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C.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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D.
Nimrod
Nimrod is a 1997 studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, best known for its blend of punk energy with more experimental and melodic tracks.
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E.
Nefertem
Nefertem is an ancient Egyptian lotus god associated with the rising sun, beauty, and healing, particularly revered in the religious traditions of Memphis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baal Target entity description: Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.
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A.
Marduk
Marduk is the chief god of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with creation, kingship, and the defeat of the chaos monster Tiamat.
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B.
Enlil
Enlil is a chief god in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with wind, air, and authority over the cosmos.
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C.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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D.
Nimrod
Nimrod is a 1997 studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, best known for its blend of punk energy with more experimental and melodic tracks.
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E.
Nefertem
Nefertem is an ancient Egyptian lotus god associated with the rising sun, beauty, and healing, particularly revered in the religious traditions of Memphis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canaanite god
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Phoenician god ⓘ deity ⓘ fertility god ⓘ storm god ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Hebrew Bible
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linked to:
Tanakh
Phoenician inscriptions ⓘ Ugaritic texts ⓘ
linked to:
Ugaritic language
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| associatedWith |
Anat
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Asherah ⓘ Astarte ⓘ El ⓘ Hadad ⓘ
linked to:
Baal
Jupiter ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Byblos
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Carthage ⓘ Sidon ⓘ Tyre ⓘ Ugarit ⓘ |
| culture |
Canaanite culture
ⓘ
Levantine culture ⓘ Phoenician culture ⓘ |
| domain |
agriculture
ⓘ
fertility ⓘ kingship ⓘ rain ⓘ storms ⓘ thunder ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Baal Hadad
ⓘ
linked to:
Baal
Baal Hammon ⓘ
linked to:
Baal
Baal Shamem ⓘ
linked to:
Baal
Baal Zebul ⓘ
linked to:
Baal
|
| languageOfName |
Northwest Semitic languages
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linked to:
Northwest Semitic
|
| meaningOfName |
lord
ⓘ
owner ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent |
battle with Yam
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conflict with Mot ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Yahweh worshippers in ancient Israel ⓘ |
| region |
Canaan
ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
Phoenicia ⓘ
linked to:
Phoenician civilization
Syria ⓘ |
| religion |
Canaanite religion
ⓘ
Phoenician religion ⓘ ancient Near Eastern religion ⓘ |
| role |
patron god of cities
ⓘ
protector of kings ⓘ warrior god ⓘ |
| symbol |
bull
ⓘ
horns ⓘ thunderbolt ⓘ |
| typeOfCult | polytheistic cult ⓘ |
| worshipPeriod |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Baal Description of subject: Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.
Referenced by (104)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Mesopotamian deity Tammuz
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subject linked to:
Punic (Carthaginian) people
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