Bel

Mesopotamian god
Person god Q2894617
Bel
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Bel

Summary

Bel is a god[1]. He draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (god category, ranking #29 of 149).[2]

Key Facts

  • Among Bel's spouses was Bêlit[3].
  • Bel's image is recorded as Relief Bel Baalshamin Yarhibol Aglibol MBA Lyon 1992-13.jpg[4].
  • Bel is recorded as male[5].
  • Bel's instance of is recorded as god[6].
  • Bel's Commons category is recorded as Baal[7].
  • Bel's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8].
  • Bel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • Bel's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[10].
  • Bel's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[11].
  • Bel's described by source is recorded as Description of Greece[12].
  • Bel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Bel-Palmyran-god[13].
  • Bel's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': '𐩨𐩲𐩡'}[14].
  • Bel's different from is recorded as Bel[15].
  • Bel's different from is recorded as Bel[16].
  • Bel's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i86635[17].
  • Bel's ToposText person ID is recorded as 18322[18].
  • Bel's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 09540016-n[19].
  • Bel's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as term/248919ec-213e-4818-b3b9-e31737b816f8[20].

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Personal Life

Bel was married to Bêlit[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Bel include he and the Dragon[21], a chapter of the Bible[22].

Why It Matters

Bel draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (god category, ranking #29 of 149).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for him include he and the Dragon[21], a chapter of the Bible[22].

FAQs

Who was Bel married to?

Bel's spouses include Bêlit[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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