Worship of baal spread throughout the levant, egypt, and the mediterranean via phoenician colonization, with regional forms such as baal hammon in carthage. The god was also known as … Baal, a prominent deity in the ancient near eastern pantheon, was primarily worshiped by the phoenicians and canaanites.

Christianity refers to baal, beelzebub or beelzebul as satan, prince of the demons. The quran mentions that prophet elias (elijah) warned his people against baê¿al worship. Known as ‘baal’s planet’ it was a traditional name which means ‘justice’. Both the traditional and panarion names are similar †the former meaning planet of rest and the latter restful. He was also called the lord of rain and dew, the two forms of moisture that were indispensable for fertile soil in canaan. In ugaritic and hebrew, baal’s epithet as the storm god was he who rides on … Baal or bel, name signifying lord in the babylonian tongue, and which the assyrians attributed to nimrod when he was deified after his death.

He was also called the lord of rain and dew, the two forms of moisture that were indispensable for fertile soil in canaan. In ugaritic and hebrew, baal’s epithet as the storm god was he who rides on … Baal or bel, name signifying lord in the babylonian tongue, and which the assyrians attributed to nimrod when he was deified after his death. Baal was the god of some of the canaanite peoples.