Baal-Qarnaim

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Baal-Qarnaim was a Punic god who was named after two mountain peaks on the Gulf of Tunis (Carthage at that time) and means "Lord of the two horns" . The Greeks identified him with Cronus and the Romans with Saturnus . In Roman times it was called Saturn Balcarnensis . It can be assumed that he was a local manifestation of Baal-Hammon .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Wilhelm Haussig , Dietz Otto Edzard (ed.): Gods and Myths in the Middle East (= Dictionary of Mythology . Department 1: The ancient civilized peoples. Volume 1). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1965, pp. 272-273.