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The consort of Danu was Bel. Bel or Baal was worshipped by the Hittites, Canaanites, and Phoenicians, centuries before the so-called Israelites were even heard of. Bel was the first deity of the Druidic trinity. The bells that ring out from Christian churches to this day get the name bell from the god's name (pr. bayal). The Muslims know him still as their Al, or Allah, while to the Canaanites and Levites he was EL. The proto-Greek Pelasgians probably derive their name from Bel. The Hebrew god EL is merely a clever rendering of the Irish Bel.

— Michael Tsarion; The Irish Origins of Civilization, Volume 1 view

Baal became a favorite Christian name for a devil, because biblical writers denounced all the <em>baalim</em> indiscriminately as devils (2 Chronicles 11:15; 1 Corinthians 10:20; Revelation 9:20). Still, the northern European cognate Bal, Bel, Bael, or Balder retained the affection of commoners. Baal was still the patron of the Beltain feast in 18th-century Scotland. To make the crops thrive, Scandinavians burned his effigy at midsummer in "Balder's Balefires" throughout Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

— Barbara G. Walker; The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets view

Old Testament Jews worshipped many <em>baalim</em> as past or present consorts of the Goddess Zion (Hosea 2:2-8). Yahweh shared these other gods' temples for a long time, until his priesthood managed to isolate his cult and suppress the others. Some of the <em>baalim</em> revered in Israel were: Sin, the moon god of Sinai; Molech (Melek), the "king" and sun god of Tyre; Horus, the Egyptian Golden Calf whose image was made by Aaron; Baal-Peor, a phallic "Lord of the Cleft" (or yoni); Nehushtan, the "fiery flying serpent" of lightning, made by Moses (2 Kings 18:4); Chemosh, the Babylonian sun god Shamash, incarnate in Samson (or Shams-on, the sun); Melchizedek, the god of Salem; Etana, or Ethan, the Canaanite Eytan who "went up to heaven"; Baal-Rimmon, the Lord of the Pomegranate impersonated by Solomon; Baal-Berith, the Canaanites' "God of the Covenant"; El, or Elias, the sun god Helios to whom Jesus called from the cross; Joseph, Jacob, and Israel, who were not men but tribal gods.

— Barbara G. Walker; The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets view

"The Lord" among ancient Semites; consort of Mother Astarte, whose favors he shared with Yamm, the Lord of Death (from Hindu Yama). Every god was a Baal. The title was introduced into Ireland via Phoenician colonies in Spain, and became the Irish Bel or Bial, Lord of Beltain.

— Barbara G. Walker; The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets view

Bel or Baal or Beal was the supreme deity. It is a name common in many countries throughout the world. Belgium, Baltic, Belfast, and Baltimore are northern words derived from Baal.

— Henry Binkley Stein; Thirty Thousand Gods Before Jehovah view

Beal time was bell time and the word bell is derived from the name of the god Bell, famous in Ireland, Phoenicia, Central America, and Babylon. Baltimore means the big house of the god Beal.

— Henry Binkley Stein; Thirty Thousand Gods Before Jehovah view

As a matter of fact, Baal, in the ancient Semitic or Syrian scheme of things, was a God and they would make a cake to Baal, and cut it up and eat it. They would eat the flesh of Baal. Later on, they liked that so much that they started eating each other. They were from Cana. Therefore, that is where we get what was called the Cana Baal. Cannibal! Because the people of Cana would eat the flesh of Baal. The Cana Baal.

— Jordan Maxwell; Matrix of Power view

In general, the Baalites owned houses, lands, and slaves. They were the aristocratic landlords and lived in the cities. Each Baal had a sacred place, a priesthood, and the " holy women, " the ritual prostitutes.

— Melchizedek of Nebadon; The Urantia Book view