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Ancient Semitic religion encompasses the polytheistic religions of the Semitic peoples from the ancient Near East and Northeast Africa. Its origins are intertwined with Mesopotamian mythology. As ''Semitic'' itself is a rough, categorical term (when referring to cultures, not languages), the definitive bounds of the term "ancient Semitic religion" are only approximate. These traditions, and their pantheons, fall into regional categories: Canaanite religions of the Levant, Assyro-Babylonian religion influenced by Sumerian tradition and pre-Islamic Arabian polytheism. Semitic polytheism possibly transitioned into Abrahamic monotheism, by way of the god El, a word for "god" in Hebrew and cognate to Islam's Allah. ==Proto-Semitic pantheon== Abbreviations: Ac. Akkadian-Babylonian; Ug. Ugaritic; Pp. Phoenician; Ib. Hebrew; Ar. Arabic; OSA Old South Arabian; Et. Ethiopic * ''(unicode:ʼIlu)'' - "god" (Sky god, head of pantheon: Ac. ', Ug. ''il'', Pp. ''(unicode:ʼl/Ēlos)'', Ib. ''El/Elohim'', Ar. ''Allāh'', OSA ''(unicode:ʼl)''). * ''(unicode:ʼAṯiratu)'' - ('s wife: Ug. ''(unicode:aṯrt)'', Ib. ''Ašērāh'', OSA (unicode:''ʼṯrt'')) - The meaning of the name is unknown. She is also called ''(unicode:ʼ)'' "goddess" (Ac. ', Pp. ''(unicode:ʼlt)'', Ar. ''Allāt''). * ''(unicode:ʻAṯtaru)'' - (God of Fertility: Ug. ''(unicode:ʻṯtr)'', OSA ''(unicode:ʻṯtr)'', Et. ''(unicode:ʻAstar)'' ''sky god''). * ''(unicode:ʻAṯtartu)'' - (Goddess of Fertility: Ac. ''Ištar'', Ug. (unicode:''ʻṯtrt''), Pp. , Ib. '). The meaning of the name is unknown and not related to ''(unicode:ʼAṯiratu)''. * ''Haddu''/''Hadadu'' - (Storm god: Ac. ''Adad'', Ug. ''hd'', Pp. ''Adodos''). The meaning of the name is probably "thunderer". This god is also known as ''(unicode:Baʻlu)'' "husband, lord" (Ac. ''Bel'', Ug. (unicode:''bʻl''), Pp. (unicode:''bʻl'')''/Belos'', Ib. ''(unicode:Baʻal)''). * ''Śamšu'' - "sun" (Sun goddess: Ug. ''špš'', OSA: ''šmš'', but Ac. ''Šamaš'' is a male god). *''(unicode:Wariḫu)'' - "moon" (Moon god: Ug. ''(unicode:yrḫ)'', Ib. ''(unicode:Yārēaḥ)'', OSA ''(unicode:wrḫ)''). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ancient Semitic religion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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