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> Elmal is a sun god last time I checked. And I don't know what the
> basis was for the Baal-Heracles association.
Perhaps you meant "Ehilm" instead of "Elmal" here? Thar was the deity mentioned.
And "Baal" is a title bestowed upon every male Phoenician deity. "Melqart" is the usual Phoenician equivalent of Heracles/Hercules.
Whew! This is a topic I can contribute to.
-- --Guy Hoyle "Live every day as if you're dying Of a contagious disease that turns people you bite into zombies." The Onion, January 25, 2006 | Issue 42�04
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