El/El Elyon/El Shaddai = "Ēl (Hebrew: אל) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning "god" or "god". In the English Bible, the derived name Elohim is usually translated as "God", while Yahweh is translated as "The Lord". El can be translated as "God" or "god", depending on whether it refers to the One God or a lesser divine being. As an element in proper names, "el" is found in ancient Aramaic, Arabic, and Ethiopic languages, as well as in Hebrew (for example, "Samu·el" and "Jo·el"). In the post-biblical period, "el" becomes a regular element in the names of angels such as "Gabri·el", "Micha·el", and "Azri·el", to denote their status as divine beings. The semantic root of the Islamic word for God "Allah" is related to the Semitic word El.
In the Bible, El was the deity worshiped by the Hebrew patriarchs, for example as El Shaddai (Almighty God) or El Elyon (Most High God) before the revelation of his name Yahweh to Moses. But El was also worshiped by non-Israelites, such as Melchizedek (Genesis 14:9). Scholars have found much extra-biblical evidence of canaanite worship of El as the supreme deity, creator of heaven and earth, the father of mankind, the husband of the goddess Asherah, and the father of many other gods. Canaanite mythology about El may have directly influenced the development of later Greco-Roman stories of the gods."
"In canaanite religion, or levantine religion as a whole, Eli or Il was the supreme god, the father of mankind and all creatures, and the husband of the goddess Asherah, as recorded in the tablets of Ugarit.
The word El was found at the top of a list of gods as the Elder of the gods or the Father of all gods, in the ruins of the Royal Library of the Ebla civilization, at the archaeological site of Tell Mardikh in Syria dated to 2300 BC. He may have been a desert god at some point, as myths say he had two wives and built a shrine with them and their new children in the desert. El spawned many gods, but the most important ones were Hadad, Yam and Mot."
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made a collage of some of my celeb male crushes
was fun to do but I'm wondering if I have a type now
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Another doodle of this asshole 💞
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alright I need more podcast reccs, fiction, non-fiction, inter-dimensional, all are welcome just drop the name in the comments (I'll tag ones I've already listened too)
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