Belus

Belus (Latin) or Belos (Greek: Βῆλος, Bē̂los) was the indifferent classical rendering of the Semitic words bēlu and baʿal ("lord") as a theonym, personal name, and royal title.

Belus may refer to:

In myth and legend

  • Belus (Assyrian), the Babylonian Marduk as a legendary king of Assyria
  • Belus (Babylonian) or Zeus Belos, alternate name of the Babylonian god Marduk
  • Belus (Egyptian), the Canaanite Baʿal as a legendary king of Egypt
  • Belus (Lydian), a legendary ancestor of Lydia's Heraclid dynasty
  • Belus (Tyre), a legendary king of Tyre in Virgil's Aeneid
  • Baal, a title meaning "lord" in Semitic languages spoken during antiquity; applied to gods
  • Bel (god), in Mesopotamian mythology

Places

Other uses

  • Beloš or Beluš, Regent of Hungary 1141–1146, Ban of Croatia 1142–1158, Grand Prince of Serbia 1162
  • Belus (genus), a genus of weevils
  • Belus (album), an album by Burzum
  • HSwMS Belos, several ships the Swedish Navy
  • Emperor Belos, primary antagonist of the 2020 American animated show The Owl House

See also

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