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The sacred pool of Ba'al: a reinterpretation of the ‘Kothon’ at Motya
- znpy 5y ago> The Phoenician island-city of Motya, off the west coast of Sicily In Milan, Italy there is an anonymous person that has been writing stuff like "baal culo" all around the city, pretty much everywhere. I wonder if it's the same Baal.
- kian 5y agoIt mentions in the article that baal means both lord and owner, and that it was also essentially used to mean the 'possessor of' in a much larger sense -- a baal of arrows was an archer, a baal of wings was the person or creature possessing them - probably it is being used in this 'owner or lord of', sense, rather than in the sense of a god. Culo, presumably, you already know the translation of - equivalent graffiti can be found in pretty much every city.
- tootie 5y agoBa'al is mentioned a few times in the Torah/Old Testament. It was a rival cult to the Judeans and worship of Ba'al was a byword for blasphemy. It's the origin for the name Beelzebub.
- BoumTAC 5y agoI've done this course on the island of Motya it was amazing and the teacher really great. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone interested in learning more of it https://fr.coursera.org/learn/archaeology-city-levant-west https://fr.coursera.org/learn/archaeology-city-levant-west
- layer8 5y ago> The pool, watched over by a statue of Ba'al, also served as a surface for observing and mapping the movement of stars I’m getting Stargate vibes.