EL. Originally an appellative that simply means "god" in common Semitic, El ('il) is the proper name of the grey-bearded patriarch of the Syro-Palestinian, or "Canaanite," pantheon. Although references to El are found...

Chief deity of the western Semites. In ancient texts from Ras Shamra in Syria, El was the husband of the mother goddess Asherah and father of all the gods except Baal. He was often depicted as an old man with a white beard and wings. The writers of the...

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Ēl (Hebrew: אל) is a Northwest Semitic word and name translated into English as either 'god' or 'God' or left untranslated as El, depending on the context. In the Levant as a whole, El or Il was the supreme god, the father of humankind and all...

Las Iglesias francesas se movilizan para atender a jugadores y aficionados Hemos visto hace unos días por televisión cómo los futbolistas iraníes daban ostensibles gracias al Altísimo tras su victoria sobre Estados Unidos. Dios, Alá y Buda también "juegan" los Mundiales. La...

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