The worship of this god, besides sexual libertinage, consisted in exposing the genitalia.
Baal Peor was generally depicted exposing and erected phallus, and sometimes by means of a phallic symbol too.
The name seems to come from a Moabite mount called Peor, meaning Lord of Peor.
Other spellings: Peor, Belphegor.
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