El (deity)

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El
King of the Gods
Gilded statuette of El from Megiddo
Other names	El Elyon El Shaddai El Olam Adon Ilim Toru El Abu Bani Eli Batniu Binwati Abu Adami Qaniyunu Olam Hatikuka Abu Shamima El Gibbor
Symbol	Bull
Region	Canaan and Levant
Personal information
Consort	Asherah/Athirat Anath Other wives
Children	Yam Mot Anat Ashtar Shahar Shalim Shapash Baal (Ugarit religions) Athtart? Hadad? Dagon? Other children
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	Cronus
Mesopotamian equivalent	Elil or Anu

Religions of the ancient Near East
Part of the myth series on
Anatolia Arabia Canaan Egypt Iran Mesopotamia Syria (Ebla·Hurrian)
Pre-Islamic Arabian deities
'Amm A'ra Abgal Allah Al-Lat Al-Qaum Almaqah Anbay Atarsamain Athtar Basamum Dhu l-Khalasa Dushara Haukim Hubal Isāf and Nā'ila Manaf Manāt Nasr Nuha Quzah Ruda Sa'd Shams, Samas Syn Suwa' Ta'lab Theandrios al-‘Uzzá Wadd Ya'uq Yaghūth Yatha
Arabian deities of foreign origin
Aglibol (Palmyrene) Astarte Atargatis (Syrian) Baalshamin (Canaanite and Palmyrene) Bēl (Palmyrene) Bes (Egypt) Ēl, Ilāh (NW Semitic) Inanna/Ishtar Malakbel (Palmyrene) Nabū, Nebo Nergal Yarhibol (Palmyrene)
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Deities of the ancient Near East
hide Ancient Egyptian Amun Anubis Apis Atum Buchis Geb Horus Isis Montu Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Qetesh Ra Set Shu Tefnut Thoth
hide Arabian Allah Aglibol Abgal al-Lat al-Qaum al-‘Uzzá Atarsamain Athtar Baalshamin Bēl Dhul Khalasa Dushara Gad Hubal Malakbel Manaf Manāt Nasr Nuha Orotalt Ruda Suwa' Theandrios Wadd Ya'uq Yaghūth Yarhibol Yatha
hide Eblaite and Syrian Adamma Aštabil Belet Ekallim Belet Nagar Dagan Hadabal Haddu of Halab Hebat Ishtar Ishara Kubaba Kura Ninkarrak Shalash Wer
hide Elamite Humban Inshushinak Ishmekarab Jabru Kiririsha Lagamar Manzat Nahundi Narundi Napir Napirisha Pinikir Ruhurater Simut
hide Hurrian Allani Aštabi Hayya Hepat Hutena and Hutellura Ishara Kubaba Kumarbi Kušuḫ Lelluri Ninatta and Kulitta Nupatik Pirengir Shalash Šarruma Šauška Šimige Teshub Tilla
hide Levantine (Canaanite and Ugaritic) Adonis Anat Arsay Arsu Ashima Ashtart/Astarte Atargatis Athirat Attar Azizos Baalat Gebal Baal Baal Hammon Chemosh El Eshmun Kotharat Kothar-wa-Khasis Marqod Melqart Milcom Misor Mot Nikkal Qos Resheph Shadrafa Shahar Shalim Shapash Sydyk Tanit Yam Yahweh Yarikh
hide Mesopotamian Adad/Ishkur Amurru An/Anu Asarluhi Ashur Aya Dumuzi Enki/Ea Enlil Ereshkigal Gibil Inanna/Ishtar Ishtaran Manungal Marduk Nabu Nammu Nanaya Nisaba Shala Šumugan Nanna/Sin Nergal Ninazu Ninegal Ningal Ningishzida Ninhursag Ninisina Ninlil Ninshubur Pabilsag Papsukkal Sarpanit Sebitti Tishpak Utu/Shamash Zababa
Religions of the ancient Near East
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Fertile Crescent myth series

Mesopotamian
Levantine
Arabian
Near Eastern Religions
The Levant
El Anat Arsu Asherah Astarte Atargatis Azizos Baal Ba‘alat Gebal	Berith Eshmun Kothar-wa-Khasis Mot Salem Shapash Yahweh Yam Yarikh
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ʼĒl (also ʼIl or ʼÁl,^{[citation needed]} Ugaritic: