Puno
Puno , city (1993 pop. 97,796), alt. 12,648 ft (3,855 m), capital of Puno dept., SE Peru, on an embayment of Lake Titicaca . It is a commercial, tourist, and transportation center of SE Peru. Wool is exported. Historical landmarks include a cathedral and many native ruins. Puno is also an archaeological center for the exploration of ancient villages of indigenous peoples. A technical institute is located in the city.
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THE ALPHABET VERSUS THE GODDESS.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA); 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...My love of and immersion in mythology does help, but I find, particularly...Tammuz and Ishtar; their West Semitic variants Tammuz and Astarte...Aphrodite; an alternate West Semitic pair, Baal and Anath; and the Aztec mo ther...
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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess
Magazine article from: Skeptic; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...My love of and immersion in mythology does help, but I find, particularly...Tammuz and Ishtar; their West Semitic variants Tammuz and Astarte...Aphrodite; an alternate West Semitic pair, Baal and Anath; and the Aztec mother...
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CT 13.33-34 and Ezekiel 32: lion-dragon myths.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...fighting Tiamat and the Canaanite tale of Baal, Anat, and Yahweh fighting the likes...from the Mesopotamian sphere and reflects mythology older than Enuma Elish; the other is...s exilic period, and reflects West Semitic developments of the combat myth. The...
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The Myth of Cosmic Rebellion: A Study of its Reflexes in Ugaritic and Biblical Literature.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...CR) against the Supreme deity of the Semitic pantheon, to be found both in the Ugaritic...descend to the underworld in pursuit of Baal (pp. 85-86, n. 94) has little textual...and, generally, ancient Near Eastern) mythology. Rarely has a hypothesis been presented...
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Baal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...plural Baalim [Semitic,=master, lord...Hadad. Technically, Baal was subordinate to El. Baal is attested in the...Baal in Canaanite mythology. The practice of...2. As cognates of Baal in other Semitic languages there are...
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Semitic Mythology
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Semitic Mythology Semitic mythology arose among several cultures...Mediterranean Sea. These groups of people spoke Semitic languages, had similar religions...Ashur main god of Assyria, warrior god Baal Canaanite god associated with rain and...
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Leviathan
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...ancient Canaanites, who claimed that the god Baal slaughtered a seven-headed primeval serpent...feast served on the Day of Judgment. See also Baal; Creation Stories; Dragons; Marduk; Semitic Mythology; Serpents and Snakes; Tiamat.
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