First of all I want to say that the traditional interpretatio graeca for the Canaanite Pantheon based on Philo of Byblos's writings I think is a valid way to look at things since I think Greek Mythology as we know it is very much a late developed composite mythology with multiple reflections of their more ancient originals. And the evidence from Mycenean inscriptions that Poseidon rather then Zeus was once head of the Olympian pantheon fits well with him as Yam.
But I'm currently most interested in the picture that begins to form when you simply translate the main names of the Baal Cycle characters into Greek. Mot becomes Thanatos (Death), and since Yam is a male deity he becomes Pontos (Sea). This points us in the direction of equating them with the Greek Primordial Deities.
This doesn't work for all of them of course, El, Asherah, Baal Hadad, Astarte and Anath are ones who's names' translations aren't known deity names in Greek.
There is no Deity in the Canaanite pantheon named Heaven or Earth, so Ouranos is one who's a little up for grabs. El is usually identified with Anu in Mesopotamia which works for making him Ouranos, but Enlil is also a god of the Heavens in a sense and he's typically Baal-Hadad in Canaanite comparisons. Aphrodite is definitely one of the Greek deities to come from Astarte, but in my view so is Eos and in some contexts Selene and Asteria. When looking for an Astarte among the Primordial deities I can't help but think Philotes works best, and she is sometimes equated with Aphrodite, while Eris is similarly equated with Enyo making them work as Anath. Given how Astarte herself is sometimes a War deity (like Aphrodite Areia) maybe Anath was not originally a separate goddess?
I feel like the way we casually think of Asherah and Astarte often swaps them. Like when one tries to argue Asherah is the "Queen of Heaven" of Jeremiah even though that title is Inana/Ishtar in Mesopotamia. And then people want to think of Astarte as a fertility goddess because of her association with Baal.
The Asherah Poles aka Asherim are similar to Celtic Maypoles, they are an aspect of nature worship. Meanwhile if El is Anu in Mesopotamia then his wives (who I think were all originally different names or titles of the same goddess) are Gaia figures. Ki and Uras both mean Earth, and Nammu is identified as the mother of deities elsewhere called Anunaki, a name that clearly makes them children of Ki, and Antu is a feminine form of Anu like Elat as a title of Asherah. And in Greek Theogonies Gaia is the mother of Pontos just as Asherah is refereed to as the mother of Yam. Then Lotan could be the basis for Thammus, Porchys & Keto and their children including Ladon.
If we went with Ouranos as Baal-Hadad rather then then El then who is El? I'm thinking probably Eros if the original Theogeny is in fact the one that makes Eros the first god. Asherah is in different contexts seemingly both the mother and a consort of Baal-Hadad, which fits the relationship between Ouranos and Gaia quite well.
If we went with Ouranos as El then maybe Baal-Hadad would be Cronos, or Dagan as Cronos and Baal-Hadad as Zeus?
