Canaanite cycle of stories regarding Baal, also known as Hadad the god of storm and fertility. They were found written in a kind of cuneiform alphabet on a series of clay tablets found in the 1920s in the Tell of Ugarit. There are several tales about Baal fighting Evil and Chaos, or building his palace. Canaanite can describe anything pertaining to Canaan: in particular, its languages and inhabitants. ... Baal () is a Semitic title and honorific meaning lord that is used for various gods, spirits and demons particularly of the Levant. ... Haddad - בעל הדד - حداد (in Ugaritic Haddu) was a very important northwest Semitic storm god and rain god, cognate in name and origin with the Akkadian god Adad. ... See also Tell (poker). ... Entrance to the Palace of Ugarit Ugarit (modern site Ras Shamra رأس شمرة; in Arabic) 35°35´ N; 35°45´E) was an ancient cosmopolitan port city, sited on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria a few kilometers north of the modern city of Latakia. ...