El
Canaanite · deity · cosmogonic · deity
Aged supreme creator, head of the divine council; epithets 'Bull' (ṯr) and 'Father of Years' (ʾab šnm). Hellenized as Elus/Cronus by Philo of Byblos.
Children
Domains
- creation
- kingship
- wisdom decree
Powers
- Pronounce binding decrees that the gods must obey
- Father the gods and mortals as progenitor
- Bless the childless with offspring in a dream
Epithets
- ṯr ʾil
- ʾab šnm
- bny bnwt
- lṭpn ʾil dpʾid