Who was Baal?

Baal was formerly a god of fertility, promoter of the birth of children and abundance in crops. He was also the supreme god of the ancient Phenicia and Canaan, but very diverse religions worshiped this god in various ways.

The rituals ancient to Baal contained various debaucheries. There was ritual prostitution, as well as shouting, injury and human sacrifice. Before the arrival of the Israelites in the promised land, God warned against the worship of the gods of Canaan.

¿Who was the God Baal?

The word Baal means "Lord." According to the Cananea mythology, he was the son of El, the main god, and Ashera, the goddess of the sea. His sisters and consorts were Anat, the goddess of love and war, and Astoret, the goddess of fertility associated with the stars.

Baal finally eclipsed his father, because he was considered the most powerful god. He defeated in the battle Yamm the god of the sea and Mot, the god of death and the underworld.

The worship of Baal was frequent in Jewish religious life in Judah, during the time of the judges and during the reign of Ahab. Later, focusing on each of its attributes, other denominations were developed for this god, such as Baal-peor and Baal-berit. In the bible, Jesus calls Satan "Beelzebub" (Baal-zebub).

Rituals profane ton the God Baal

The rituals that worshiped Baal contained ritual prostitution in temples and human sacrifices. Generally, families sacrificed the firstborn son to appease the god's wrath.

The priests appealed to riotous rites, which included euphoric screams, self-injuries, sexual rituals, and death.

Before the Jews arrived in the promised land, God warned against the worship of the gods of Canaan, but the population surrendered anyway to idolatry. This is how God showed that it was he who controlled the rain, sending a drought that lasted 3 years.

Elijah was the prophet who confronted the worship of Baal and asked his prophets for a confrontation on Mount Carmel to determine who the true God was. For a whole day, 450 prophets of the pagan god asked Baal to send fire from heaven, which got no response.

After the worshipers surrendered, Elijah offered a prayer to God, who responded with fire from heaven. Faced with this evidence, the Israelites prostrated and exclaimed: "Jehovah is the God, Jehovah is the God!"

Baal and Belcebú

Jesus calls Satan "Beelzebub" in Matthew 12:27, linking the devil to Baal-zebub, a Philistine deity (Baal Sebaoth, deity of the armies in Hebrew).


It is believed that Beelzebub comes from "Ba'al Zvuv" which means "The Lord of the Flies", a name given to Baal, since his temples, where the flesh of the sacrifices were left insepulated, were infested with flies. However, in Hebrew it sounds like "tsebal", which means "dwelling", which would have the meaning of Great Residence (the hells).


Beelzebub is one of the 7 princes of hell and was in the past an angel of the order of the cherubs. Nevertheless, one considers of the three great ones in the infernal triumvirate, along with Lucifer and Leviatán, although for the occultistas it conforms the "False Trinidad" with Lucifer and Astaroth.


According to Johann Weyer, Beelzebub led a rebellion against Satan and became the second in command in hell, along with Lucifer.


In ancient demonology he was represented as a human or an animal (dog, cat or frog), but in Collin de Plancy's "Dictionnaire Infernal" he appeared as a creature with three heads (a human with a crown, a cat and a frog). ) and spider body.


Seen in GotQuestions, by Pedro, editor of the White Brotherhood


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