08-31-2015, 11:23 AM
In Lebanon, baal means "rainwater". There were 3 Baal gods in Tyre , deities of the sea and storms including Baal Zaphon. He had a temple in Carthage and was known in Marseilles with its Tariff inscription. Maybe "Balearic" islands relate to Baal and Spain which had Baal sites was late in accepting the Church. There was a Syrian settlement on the Rhone river and they were known as sharp dealers and traders. An inscription at Hadrian's Wall by a north African cohort prefect describes a goddess of Syria.
The Rhone is difficult for river-boats during floods from the Alps and Baal may have been known to crews from the international port at Marseilles.
Veneti produced large cargo ships like the Belgae vessels for trade with Britain. Perhaps Chauci mariners paid cash for bulky loads like grain and entered the Seine harbour to meet Marseilles crews. Maybe they hijacked a laden ship and sailed to Germany.
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Old Norse balkr means "storm" which is not Indo European root *bal - "strong".
It seems to be loaned to Gaelic as bailc "storm" , but is not known in Fr or Brythonic.
It appears as Bhealtuinn bailceach
" Beltane (May). floods", in the way that milk, cheese, lambs and deer are Bhealtuinn products. But Scotland has its flood rains in winter and rain is not really needed as it is in Carthage-Syria. So a confused semi-deity role for "bailc" may indicate an elemental force to be revered and observed, connected with wealth from pirating in dangerous waters.
How do you see it?
The Rhone is difficult for river-boats during floods from the Alps and Baal may have been known to crews from the international port at Marseilles.
Veneti produced large cargo ships like the Belgae vessels for trade with Britain. Perhaps Chauci mariners paid cash for bulky loads like grain and entered the Seine harbour to meet Marseilles crews. Maybe they hijacked a laden ship and sailed to Germany.
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Old Norse balkr means "storm" which is not Indo European root *bal - "strong".
It seems to be loaned to Gaelic as bailc "storm" , but is not known in Fr or Brythonic.
It appears as Bhealtuinn bailceach
" Beltane (May). floods", in the way that milk, cheese, lambs and deer are Bhealtuinn products. But Scotland has its flood rains in winter and rain is not really needed as it is in Carthage-Syria. So a confused semi-deity role for "bailc" may indicate an elemental force to be revered and observed, connected with wealth from pirating in dangerous waters.
How do you see it?
