From Canaan, worship of Baʿal spread to Egypt by the Middle Kingdom and throughout the Mediterranean following the waves of Phoenician colonization in the early 1st millennium BCE. He was described with diverse epithets and, before Ugarit was rediscovered, it was supposed that these referred to distinct local gods. However, as explained by Day, the texts at Ugarit revealed that they were considered local manifestations of this particular deity, analogous to the local manifestations of the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. In those inscriptions, he is frequently described as Victorious Baʿal (Aliyn or ẢlỈyn Baʿal), Mightiest one (Aliy or ʿAly) or Mightiest of the Heroes (Aliy Qrdm), The Powerful One (Dmrn), and in his role as patron of the city Baʿal of Ugarit (Baʿal Ugarit). As Baʿal Zaphon (Baʿal Ṣapunu), he was particularly associated with his palace atop Jebel Aqra (the ancient Mount Ṣapānu and classical Mons Casius). He is also mentioned as Winged Baʿal (Bʿl Knp) and Baʿal of the Arrows (Bʿl Ḥẓ). Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions describe Bʿl Krntryš, Baʿal of the Lebanon (Bʿl Lbnn), Baʿal of Sidon (Bʿl Ṣdn), Bʿl Ṣmd, Baʿal of the Heavens (Baʿal Shamem or Shamayin), Baʿal ʾAddir (Bʿl ʾdr), Baʿal Hammon (Baʿal Ḥamon), Bʿl Mgnm.