Canaan

The Land of Canaan (Hebrew: Kena'an) was a land part of the Levantine and was inhabited by various tribes, each controlling a certain amount of land. The land was named after Canaan, the son of the biblical Ham; Canaan was cursed by his grandfather to be a servant of servants unto his brethren, this is seen has the prime justification of the Conquest of Canaan by the Israelites centuries later.

Canaan's Sons
An account by Persian historian Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari recounts that Canaan's wife was Arsal, daughter Batawil who was in turn a son of Tiras who was the son of Japheth, who bore him "blacks, Nubians, Fezzan, Zanj, Zaghawa, and all the peoples of the Sudan." This is supported by another Arab historian, Ibn 'And al-Hakam, says that Canaan was the father of the Sudan (the sub saharan africans) and father of Abyssinians. The Bible names the sons of Canaan, has the following: In old Ethiopian traditions, the Sinites and Zemarites respectively became the Shanqella and Weyto people respectively. Another old tradition from Ethiopia states that Canaan's son, Awardi and his wife Entela migrated from Asia into Ethiopia and it is said that their son, Anayer, is the forefather of the Qement Tribe. The Shinasha people have a tradition of their own that states that they descent from Hamati, Canaan's sons and father of the Hamathites.
 * Zidon, father of the Sidonians
 * Heth, father of the Hittites
 * The Jebusite
 * The Amorite
 * The Girgashite
 * The Hivite
 * The Arkite
 * The Sinite
 * The Arvadite
 * The Zemarite
 * The Hamathite

Mythology
Main Page : Canaanite Religion 

Old Canaanites worshipped a variety of gods. Its exact nature was polytheistic but at times monolatristic. The main gods were Ba'al Hadad, Anat and El with other side gods like Yarikh and Kothar-wa-Khasis. The most famous piece of Canaanite Mythology was the Ba'al Cycle, which chronicled Ba'al's battle with Yamm, his rise to legitimacy in the divine court and his death at the hands of Mot and resurrection by Anat. Other tales told stories of Princes and Kings.