Levantine mythology (Modern Arabic: علم الأساطير الشامية, Modern Hebrew: מִיתוֹלוֹגִיָּה לבנטינית; when the context is about regional area, also called Canaanite mythology when the context about the race of people and the group of the languages) are the body of myths consisted of: The religion of Canaan (now Palestine), the religion of Phoenicia, Ugarit, Ancient Israel, and Ancient Syria.
Shards of Levantine mythology[]
- Canaanite mythology
- Israelite mythology (also called Ancient Israeli mythology)
- Phoenician mythology
- Syro-Aramean mythology (also called Ancient Syrian mythology or Aramaean mythology; Related to Assyrian)
- Ugaritic mythology; Related to Arabian and Assyro-Babylonian
Modern Levantine mythology[]
- Main article: Abrahamic mythology
For Israeli see: Jewish mythology.
For others especially Syrian see: Christian mythology and Islamic mythology.
Deities[]
- Athirat (the Queen of the Gods, also Arabian and Yemenite and Mesopotamian)
- Athur (God of Sun, also Assyrian)
- Adon (The Demigod of Beauty and Desire, also Hellenic and Mesopotamian)
- Ilu (God of Sky, called Yahweh by Israelites, also Akkadian)
- Ishtar (also Arabian and Mesopotamian)
- Ashtar/Athtart
- Yamm (anglicised Yam, the Androgynous God of Water, Seas, and Oceans, called Leviathan by Israelites and Tiamat by Mesopotamians)
Beings[]
See also[]
- Mesopotamian mythology; Assyrian mythology has many links with Ancient Syrian because both are considered Mesopotamian and Levantine.