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[[Image:Baal thunderbolt Louvre AO15775.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Limestone stele displaying the Canaanite storm god Baal, at the Louvre, Paris, France.]]

[[Image:Baal thunderbolt Louvre AO15775.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Limestone stele displaying the Canaanite storm god Baal, at the Louvre, Paris, France.]]

'''Baal''' is the name of several pagan [[other gods|gods]] that date back to the 14th century BC among the ancient [[Semitic]] peoples, and most specifically the fertility deity of the ancient [[Canaanite]] peoples. The cult of Baal celebrated annually his death and resurrection as a part of the Canaanite fertility rituals and involved human sacrifices and temple prostitution. <ref>http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/baal.html</ref> The worship of Baal often led the Israelites astray from [[God]] due to the carnal pleasures derived from temple prostitutes.

'''Baal''' is the name of several pagan [[other gods|gods]] that date back to the 14th century BC among the ancient [[Semitic]] peoples, and most specifically the fertility deity of the ancient [[Canaanite]] peoples. The cult of Baal celebrated annually his death and resurrection as a part of the Canaanite fertility rituals and involved human sacrifices and temple prostitution.<ref>http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/baal.html</ref> The worship of Baal often led the Israelites astray from [[God]] due to the carnal pleasures derived from temple prostitutes.

==Name and Character of Baal==

==Name and Character of Baal==