god
Baal
The Canaanite storm- and fertility-god whose prophets Elijah slew at the brook Kishon after the contest on Carmel (1 Kings 18). In 'Tröstung des Elia' they 'stank to him with Baal in their mouths.'
Reading notes
- New Poems: The Other Part §9 Baal
The Canaanite god whose prophets Elijah defeated on Carmel and slaughtered at the brook; they 'stank to him with Baal in their mouths.'