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and that Ribel, now the name of the same river, in the Armenian tongue signifies Heaven. Mr. Thornber says
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Belisama means Queen of Heaven, and that the Romans paid divine honours to the Ribble under the title of Minerva Belisama. This conjecture apparently rests on the statement of Leigh, and the fact that the Roman temple at Ribchester was dedicated to Minerva. There appears to be, however, some error here respecting the sex of Bel. The Phœnician
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Queen of Heaven, or
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Queen of the Stars, was named Astroarche or Astarte. She is supposed by some to be identical with the Greek Juno, or Selene (the moon), by others she is regarded as the planet Venus. The Armenians were a branch of the Aryan family, and the Phœnicians, as I have before said, were of the Semitic stock.[2] Sanchuniathon, the ancient Phœnician historian, says that the Phœnicians worshipped the sun as
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under the name Beelsamen, which was equivalent to the Greek Zeus or the Latin Jupiter. Baal is formed from a root which signifies, and is literally equivalent to, lord or owner. A Maltese inscription
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Malkereth Baal Tsor, is interpreted
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King of the city, Lord of Tyre. In the Septuagint Baal is called Hercules; in the Phœnician language Orcul, light of all. One writer adds
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Baal was Saturn; others have considered Baal to be the planet Jupiter. A supreme idol might easily be compared with those of other nations; hence arose this variety of opinions.
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Mr. Davis, the author of
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Celtic Researches,