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This is a good question. The information available is very complex, so I have gleaned the most relevent information to answer the question. To begin, @lasersauce made the correct observation that

He [Tammuz] appears to have been a god of the spring, and the myth regarding him told of his early death and of the descent of Istar, his bride, into the underworld in search of him.

In this regard, Becking and Dijkistra (1996) provide important historical details. That is, there are similarities with the death of the Canaanite God Baal and Tammuz written in the In the Ras Shamra texts. In one of the studies the writer observes that

The mourning for Baal as a vegetation deity in eclipse suggests the weeping for Tammuz, also a vegetation deity, by the woman of Jerusalem in the sixth month (Ezek 8:14) and, more directly, the public mourning for Hadad-Rimmon (the Canaanite Baal) in the valley of Megiddo (Zech 12:11). (1).

Additional sources are here, as well as this post.

In summary, the sources indicate several parallels between Tammuz and the Canaanite god Baal.

This is a good question. The information available is very complex, so I have gleaned the most relevent information to answer the question. To begin, @lasersauce made the correct observation that

He [Tammuz] appears to have been a god of the spring, and the myth regarding him told of his early death and of the descent of Istar, his bride, into the underworld in search of him.

In this regard, Becking and Dijkistra (1996) provide important historical details. That is, there are similarities with the death of the Canaanite God Baal and Tammuz written in the In the Ras Shamra texts. In one of the studies the writer observes that

The mourning for Baal as a vegetation deity in eclipse suggests the weeping for Tammuz, also a vegetation deity, by the woman of Jerusalem in the sixth month (Ezek 8:14) and, more directly, the public mourning for Hadad-Rimmon (the Canaanite Baal) in the valley of Megiddo (Zech 12:11). (1).

Additional sources are here, as well as this post.

In summary, the sources indicate several parallels between Tammuz and the Canaanite god Baal.

This is a good question.The information available to supply an answer is complex,so i have gleaned, what i feel is the most relevent information to answer the question.@lasersauce correctly observes that,

He appears to have been a god of the spring, and the myth regarding him told of his early death and of the descent of Istar his bride into the underworld in search of him.

Weeping for Tammuz-click here. I feel answers the question in the best way.

There are similarities with the death of the Canaanite God Baal and Tammuz written in the In the Ras shamra texts.In one of the studies the writer observes that,

The mourning for Baal as a vegetation deity in eclipse suggests the weeping for Tammuz,also a vegetation deity,by the woman of Jerusalem in the sixth month (Ezek 8:14) and,more directly, the public mourning for Hadad-Rimmon (the Canaanite Baal) in the valley of Megiddo (Zech 12:11). (1).

This article is helpful click here

This pose is helpful. What is the story behind mourning for Hadad-rimmon in Zechariah 12:11?

From the information i have gleaned,my understanding is that Tammuz and Baal have a "lot in common."

footnote. (1) Documents from Old Testament Times-D.Winton Thomas

This is a good question. The information available is very complex, so I have gleaned the most relevent information to answer the question. To begin, @lasersauce made the correct observation that

He [Tammuz] appears to have been a god of the spring, and the myth regarding him told of his early death and of the descent of Istar, his bride, into the underworld in search of him.

In this regard, Becking and Dijkistra (1996) provide important historical details. That is, there are similarities with the death of the Canaanite God Baal and Tammuz written in the In the Ras Shamra texts. In one of the studies the writer observes that

The mourning for Baal as a vegetation deity in eclipse suggests the weeping for Tammuz, also a vegetation deity, by the woman of Jerusalem in the sixth month (Ezek 8:14) and, more directly, the public mourning for Hadad-Rimmon (the Canaanite Baal) in the valley of Megiddo (Zech 12:11). (1).

Additional sources are here, as well as this post.

In summary, the sources indicate several parallels between Tammuz and the Canaanite god Baal.

This is a good question.The information available to supply an answer is complex,so i have gleaned, what i feel is the most relevent information to answer the question.@lasersauce correctly observes that,

He appears to have been a god of the spring, and the myth regarding him told of his early death and of the descent of Istar his bride into the underworld in search of him.

Weeping for Tammuz-click here. I feel answers the question in the best way.

There are similarities with the death of the Canaanite God Baal and Tammuz written in the In the Ras shamra texts.In one of the studies the writer observes that,

The mourning for Baal as a vegetation deity in eclipse suggests the weeping for Tammuz,also a vegetation deity,by the woman of Jerusalem in the sixth month (Ezek 8:14) and,more directly, the public mourning for Hadad-Rimmon (the Canaanite Baal) in the valley of Megiddo (Zech 12:11). (1).

This article is helpful click here

From the information i have gleaned,my understanding is that Tammuz and Baal have a "lot in common."

footnote. (1) Documents from Old Testament Times-D.Winton Thomas

This is a good question.The information available to supply an answer is complex,so i have gleaned, what i feel is the most relevent information to answer the question.@lasersauce correctly observes that,

He appears to have been a god of the spring, and the myth regarding him told of his early death and of the descent of Istar his bride into the underworld in search of him.

Weeping for Tammuz-click here. I feel answers the question in the best way.

There are similarities with the death of the Canaanite God Baal and Tammuz written in the In the Ras shamra texts.In one of the studies the writer observes that,

The mourning for Baal as a vegetation deity in eclipse suggests the weeping for Tammuz,also a vegetation deity,by the woman of Jerusalem in the sixth month (Ezek 8:14) and,more directly, the public mourning for Hadad-Rimmon (the Canaanite Baal) in the valley of Megiddo (Zech 12:11). (1).

This article is helpful click here

This pose is helpful. What is the story behind mourning for Hadad-rimmon in Zechariah 12:11?

From the information i have gleaned,my understanding is that Tammuz and Baal have a "lot in common."

footnote. (1) Documents from Old Testament Times-D.Winton Thomas