Baal with Lightning

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Unearthed at Ugarit in 1932, the Ba’al au Foudre stele provides a window into the religious symbolism of the Late Bronze Age. Found near the Temple of Ba’al, this artifact depicts the storm god Ba’al wielding his divine power, embodying themes from the Ba’al Cycle. Ba'al is more than just a demon in the Bible and not just an ancient god of fertility. On the stele we see Ba’al, the storm god, in his iconic role as protector. It blends Egyptian, Hittite, and Ugaritic artistic elements. Was this artifact tied to Ugarit’s temple rebuilding after disaster? We will explore how this stele connects myth, art, and history, shaping our understanding of one of the Bronze Age’s most enduring deities. • #baal #ugarit #ancienthisotry #baalcycle #ancientmythology #ancientreligion • Some sources: • Cornelius, Izak (1994). The Iconography of the Canaanite Gods Reshef and Ba’al: Late Bronze and Iron Age I Periods (c 1500 – 1000 BCE). Fribourg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany: University Press / Vandenhoeck Ruprecht. • Alessandra Gilibert, Urban Squares in Late Bronze Age Ugarit: a Street View on Ancient Near Eastern Governance, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, October 2021 80(2):377-414. DOI:10.1086/716076 • E. Gubal, The Iconography of the Ibiza gem MAI 3650 reconsidered, Aula Orientalis 4 (1986): 111-118. • Nicolas Wyatt, National Memory, Seismic Activity at Ras Shamra • and the Composition of the Ugaritic Baal Cycle, UF 48 (1997): 551-591. • Nicolas Wyatt, Ilimilku’s ideological programme: Ugaritic royal propaganda, and a biblical postscript, UF 29 (1997): 775-96. • Nicolas Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit ( BS 53, London: Continuum: 2nd edition), 2002. • Nicolas Wyatt, The Bacal au Foudre stela and its historical context, UF 49 (2018): 429-437. • Marguerite Yon, The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006. • Shamir Yona and Nissim Amzallag, The Unusual Mode of Editing of KTU 1.65, UF 45 (2014): 35-48. • Eythan Levy, A Fresh Look at the Baal-Zaphon Stele, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology · January 2014 (Not about this stele but helpful for understanding Ba'al iconography) • Neo Assyrian Seal of Storm God, and MacGregor Plaque is Copyright Trustees of the British Museum CC BY NC SA 4.0 • Ramses Tyre Stele Photo Credit: RomanDeckert CC 4.0 • Warrior God at Hattusas image credit: Georges Jansoone CC 3.0 • Music by Epidemic Sound • 00:00 Welcome • 00:40 Discovery of the Stele • 01:54 The Problems of Dating • 02:39 The Figure on the Stele • 03:35 Ba'al • 05:48 The Cedar-Tree or Tree-Spear • 07:00 Possible Dating of the Stele • 07:30 Proposed Historical Circumstances of the Stele • 09:10 Thanks for watching!

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