Elijah’s Connections

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Enemy of

• Baal-Zebub(Canaanite)

  In 2 Kings 1, Elijah condemned King Ahaziah for consulting Baal-Zebub's oracle at Ekron, declaring that the king would die for seeking a foreign god instead of Yahweh.

Equivalent to

• Perun(Slavic)

  After Christianization, Perun's storm mythology, feast day (July 20), fiery chariot, and lightning-casting role were directly absorbed by the prophet Elijah (Ilya) in Slavic folk Christianity.

Associated with

• Yahweh

  Yahweh empowered Elijah to defeat the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and later carried him to heaven in a chariot of fire (1 Kings 18; 2 Kings 2).