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
Relations
Sources
- Ugaritic Baal Cycle (KTU 1.1–1.6)
- Kirta Epic (KTU 1.14–1.16)
- Philo of Byblos / Sanchuniathon (Elus-Cronus), via Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica I.10
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