Incorrect on that last part. Minerva isn't a Canaanite deity. Moloch is just Moloch Baal. Baal is a precursor, like Baal Hammon. In addition, this worship wasn't prolific relative to other deities such as Dionysus/Bacchus and worshipping of Moloch/Baal Moloch has only been so far srcheologically identified among small and rare sites.
Incorrect on that last part. Minerva isn't a Canaanite deity. Moloch is just Moloch Baal. Baal is a precursor, like Baal Hammon. In addition, this worship wasn't prolific relative to other deities such as Dionysus/Bacchus and worshipping of Moloch/Baal Moloch has only been so far srcheologically identified among small and rare sites.
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