Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-16650787-20150107211227/@comment-16650787-20150109182543

In fact, Baal/Ba'al is the name of several Egyptian gods that have been woshiped from -3 000 to Roman age. "Baal" translates to "master", "lord", "owner", but the Bible gave this name to a demonic being that embodies all the deities with the power to turn His people away from the unique God (what Molag Bal does with Boethiah, in a way...?) (in sum, one being representing all the pagan gods).

"The people of God turned away from the Lord and worshiped the Baal and the Ashtoreths", says the Book of Judges. Men must beware Baal, for he can push men to the worst turpitudes.

"They have built shrines to Baal to burn their children to the fire, in holocausts to Baal", says the Bok of Jeremiah (-> Daedra worship)