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.

It may refer to:

In myth and legend

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• Bel in Mesopotamian mythology
• Hadad in Canaanite mythology, the Biblical "Baal"
• Jupiter Belus or Zeus Belos, the Babylonian Marduk as a god or legendary king of Babylon
• Belus of Assyria, the Babylonian Marduk as a legendary king of Assyria
• Belus of Egypt, the Canaanite Baʿal as a legendary king of Egypt
• Belus of Tyre, Mattan I or his father Baal-Eser II as a legendary king of Tyre
• Belus of Lydia, the legendary ancestor of Lydia's Heraclid dynasty

Places

• Belus River, a river in Israel
• Bélus, a town in the Landes department of France

Other uses

• Beloš or Beluš, Regent of Hungary 1141-1146, Ban of Croatia 1142-1158, Grand Prince of Serbia 1162
• Belus, a genus of weevils
• Belus (album), a Burzum album
• HMS Belos (A214), a submarine-rescue ship in the Swedish Navy

See also

• En, the cuneiform used to render Akkadian bēlu
• Bel (disambiguation)
• Belu (disambiguation)
• Baal (disambiguation)