Back ديانات الفينيقيين Arabic Ханаанска религия Bulgarian Religió cananea Catalan Religión cananea Spanish دین کنعانی Persian Kanaanilaisten uskonto Finnish Religion cananéenne French מיתולוגיה כנענית HE Kanaanska mitologija Croatian Kánaáni-föníciai vallások Hungarian
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Canaanite religion or Syro-Canaanite religions refers to the myths, cults and ritual practices of people in the Levant during roughly the first three millennia BCE.[1] Canaanite religions were polytheistic and in some cases monolatristic. They were influenced by neighboring cultures, particularly ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian religious practices. The pantheon was headed by the god El and his consort Asherah, with other significant deities including Baal, Anat, Astarte, and Mot.
Canaanite religious practices included animal sacrifice, veneration of the dead, and the worship of deities through shrines and sacred groves. The religion also featured a complex mythology, including stories of divine battles and cycles of death and rebirth. Archaeological evidence, particularly from sites like Ugarit, and literary sources, including the Ugaritic texts and the Hebrew Bible, have provided most of the current knowledge about Canaanite religion.