Misor was the name of a deity appearing in a theogeny provided by Roman era Phoenician writer
Philo of Byblos
Philo of Byblos ( grc, Φίλων Βύβλιος, ''Phílōn Býblios''; la, Philo Byblius; – 141), also known as Herennius Philon, was an antiquarian writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek. He is chiefly known f ...
in an account preserved by
Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christ ...
in ''
Praeparatio Evangelica'',
[van der Toorn, K. et al., ''Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible''. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1996, entry ''Zedeq''] and attributed to the still earlier
Sanchuniathon
Sanchuniathon (; Ancient Greek: ; probably from Phoenician: , "Sakon has given"), also known as Sanchoniatho the Berytian, was a Phoenician author. His three works, originally written in the Phoenician language, survive only in partial paraphras ...
. He was one of two children of the deities Amunos and Magos. The other named was
Sydyk. It is said that these two were the first to discover the use of
salt
Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quanti ...
. The names "Misor" and "Sydyk" mean "Straight" and "Just" (or, in another translation, "Well-freed" and "Just").
Misor's son was named
Taautus, and believed to be the inventor of the first written alphabet.
["From Misor was born Taautus, who invented the first written alphabet" (Eusebius, ''Praeparatio Evangelica'' (book I, chapter 10), E. H. Gifford (1903) translation)]
References
Phoenician mythology
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