El

Summary

El is a deity^[1]. He ranks in the top 1% of deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,821 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Among El's spouses was Asherah^[3].
• A child of El was Baal^[4].
• A child of El was Mot^[5].
• A child of El was Yam^[6].
• A child of El was Shahar^[7].
• A child of El was Shalim^[8].
• A child of El was Shapshu^[9].
• El's image is recorded as イル神の坐像.jpg^[10].
• El is recorded as male^[11].
• El's instance of is recorded as deity^[12].
• El's instance of is recorded as theonym^[13].
• El's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 4511367^[14].
• El's GND ID is recorded as 122218000^[15].
• El's IdRef ID is recorded as 027574555^[16].
• El's Commons category is recorded as El (deity)^[17].
• El's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f__h^[18].
• El's topic's main category is recorded as Category:El (deity)^[19].
• El's worshipped by is recorded as Phoenician religion^[20].
• El's worshipped by is recorded as Canaanite religion^[21].
• El's worshipped by is recorded as Ugaritic religion^[22].
• El's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/El^[23].
• El's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'אב אדם'}^[24].
• El's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'אב שנם'}^[25].
• El's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'בני בנות'}^[26].
• El's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'מלכ יכננה'}^[27].

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Personal Life

Among El's spouses was Asherah^[3]. Children include Baal^[4], a deity^[28]; Mot^[5], a death deity^[29]; Yam^[6], a theonym^[30]; Shahar^[7], a deity^[31]; Shalim^[8], a deity^[32]; and Shapshu^[9], a goddess^[33].

Why It Matters

El ranks in the top 1% of deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,821 views/month).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] He is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

FAQs

Who was El married to?

El's spouses include Asherah^[3].