The religion of the Canaanites was an agricultural religion, with fertility motifs.

Their main gods were called the Baalim (Lords), and their consorts the Baalot (Ladies).

Shechem(Nablus纳布卢斯) became the first cultic center.

The sacred pillar (generally a phallic symbol or, often, the female fertility symbol) was placed before the entrance of the temple.

It was believed, the Baalim (as gods of the weather and the Earth) would send the rains (often identified with semen) to the Earth so that it might yield abundant harvests of grains and fruits.

In northern Syria,Baal and his sexually passionate sister-consort are significant in the creation of the world and the renewal of nature.