Ancient Canaanite religion

Canaanite religion refers to the group of Ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age through the first centuries of the Common Era.

Canaanite religion was polytheistic, and in some cases monolatristic.

A great number of deities were worshipped by the followers of the Canaanite religion; this is a partial listing:

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Keywords: Anat, Astarte, Athtart, Attar, Ishtar, Ashtoret, Ashtarot, Ashtaroth, Ashtoreth, Goddess of the Zidonians, Goddess of fertility, Baal, Baalat, Baalit, Baal Hadad, Baal Hammon, Dagon, Idols, Caananite gods, Caananite idols, Caananite deities, Caananite deity, Moloch

Bible reference(s): Numbers 25:3, Numbers 25:5, Deuteronomy 4:3, Deuteronomy 6:14, Deuteronomy 13:7, Judges 2:12, Judges 6:25, Judges 6:28, Judges 6:30, Judges 6:31, Judges 6:32, Judges 10:6, Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 5:2, 1 Samuel 5:3, 1 Samuel 5:4, 1 Samuel 5:5, 1 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 16:32, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 18:21, 1 Kings 18:25, 1 Kings 18:26, 1 Kings 18:40, 1 Kings 19:18, 1 Kings 22:53, 2 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 1:3, 2 Kings 1:6, 2 Kings 1:16, 2 Kings 3:2, 2 Kings 10:18, 2 Kings 10:19, 2 Kings 10:20, 2 Kings 10:21, 2 Kings 10:22, 2 Kings 10:23, 2 Kings 10:25, 2 Kings 10:26, 2 Kings 10:27, 2 Kings 10:28, 2 Kings 11:18, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 18:33, 2 Kings 19:12, 2 Kings 21:3, 2 Kings 23:4, 2 Kings 23:5, 1 Chronicles 4:33, 1 Chronicles 5:5, 1 Chronicles 5:25, 1 Chronicles 8:30, 1 Chronicles 9:36, 1 Chronicles 10:10, 1 Chronicles 16:26, 2 Chronicles 23:17, 2 Chronicles 32:13, 2 Chronicles 32:17, 2 Chronicles 32:19, Psalms 96:5, Psalms 106:28, Isaiah 36:18, Isaiah 37:12, Jeremiah 2:8, Jeremiah 7:9, Jeremiah 11:13, Jeremiah 11:17, Jeremiah 12:16, Jeremiah 14:22, Jeremiah 19:5, Jeremiah 23:13, Jeremiah 23:27, Jeremiah 32:29, Jeremiah 32:35, Hos 9:10, Zephaniah 1:4, Romans 11:4, Tobit 1:5, 1 Maccabees 10:84, 1 Maccabees 11:4

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