Belus (

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

) or Belos ( grc-gre, Βῆλος, link=no, ''Bē̂los'') was the indifferent classical rendering of the Semitic words ''bēlu'' and ''baʿal'' ("lord") as a

theonym A theonym (from Greek ''theos'' (Θεός), " god"'','' attached to ''onoma'' (ὄνομα), "name") is the proper name of a deity. Theonymy, the study of divine proper names, is a branch of onomastics (the study of the etymology, history, and ...

, personal name, and royal title. Belus may refer to:

In myth and legend

Belus (Assyrian) Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts (and later material based on them) in an Assyrian context refers to one or another purportedly ancient and historically mythical Assyrian king, such king in part at least a euhemerizati ...

, the Babylonian Marduk as a legendary king of Assyria *

Belus (Babylonian) Belus or Belos (Ancient Greek: Βῆλος, ''Belos'') in classical Greek or classical Latin texts (and later material based on them) in a Babylonian context refers to the Babylonian god Bel Marduk. Though often identified with Greek Zeus and La ...

or Zeus Belos, alternate name of the Babylonian god Marduk *

Belus (Egyptian) In Greek mythology, Belus (Ancient Greek: Βῆλος ''Bē̂los'') was a king of Egypt and father of Aegyptus and Danaus and (usually) brother to Agenor. The wife of Belus has been named as Achiroe, or Side (eponym of the Phoenician city of Sidon). ...

, 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 Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied t ...

, a title meaning "lord" in Semitic languages spoken during antiquity; applied to gods * Bel (god), in Mesopotamian mythology

Places

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

Other uses

Beloš Beloš ( sr-cyr, Белош; hu, Belos or ''Belus''; el, Βελούσης fl. 1141–1163), was a Serbian prince and Hungarian palatine who served as the regent of Hungary from 1141 until 1146, alongside his sister Helena, mother of the infan ...

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 * , several ships the Swedish Navy *

Emperor Belos This is a list of characters featured in the Disney Channel animated series ''The Owl House,'' created by Dana Terrace. Main Luz Noceda Luz Noceda (voiced by Sarah-Nicole Robles) is a 14-year-old Afro-Dominican-American girl from Gravesfield, C ...

, primary antagonist of the 2020 American animated show ''The Owl House''

In myth and legend

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