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| ID: 901002151 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002151 | Record Type: Character/Person |
 | El (West Semitic deity) | |
| Note: Chief deity of the West Semites. In the ancient texts from Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit) in Syria, El was described as the titular head of the pantheon, husband of Asherah, and father of all the other gods (except for Baal). His most common epithet was “the Bull,” but he was also sometimes called “Creator/Possessor of Heaven and Earth.” | |
| El (West Semitic deity) (preferred,English-P,D) |
| | Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) |
| | ....<Semitic iconography> (P) |
| | ........<Semitic characters> (P) |
| | ............El (West Semitic deity) (I) |
| consort/spouse of .... Asherah | |
| ..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Semitic iconography, Semitic characters, Asherah (West Semitic deity)) [901002152] |
| role/characteristic is .... deity | |
| .....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
| culture/religion is .... Semitic (culture) | |
| .....(Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
| El (West Semitic deity) |
| ................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) |
| ................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |
| ................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 3 July 2019 |
| ................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) |
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