His power did not extend beyond the district in which he was adored and to which he was territorially attached.

The Baal of Lebanon was distinct from the Baal of Tyre or Sidon, though in every case the general conception that was formed of him was the same.

It was the attributes of particular Baalim which differed; Baal was everywhere the Sun-god, but in one place he showed himself under one shape, in another place under another.

The goddesses followed the analogy of the gods.

Over against the Baalim or Baals stood the Ashtaroth or Ashtoreths.