The rituals associated with this god are similar to the Akitu festival of Bablyonian tradition and to the worship of Shamash; those rituals were described by the historian Herodian.
A soldier named Lucius Terentius Bassus left an inscription praising this god in modern-day Woerden in the Netherlands, which suggests that Minerva was considered his consort, though he was also paired with Urania. The rituals associated with this god are similar to the Akitu festival of Bablyonian tradition and to the worship of Shamash; those rituals were described by the historian Herodian. Originally from the city of Emesa, an object sacred to this god would be paraded through Rome on a four-horse chariot on the summer solstice, and the most notable promoter of this god would force Senators to watch him dance in front of a giant black stone before being deposed and killed. For ten points, name this Syrian sun god who shares his name with the crazy, short-lived boy emperor who tried to make him the official god of Rome.
A soldier named Lucius Terentius Bassus left an inscription praising this god in modern-day Woerden in the Netherlands, which suggests that Minerva was considered his consort, though he was also paired with Urania.
{El}-{Gabal} [accept: {Heliogabalus}, {Elgabalus}, {Ilaha Gabal}; accept {Gibil} from {Chaldeans}]