To put all this into summary, Phoenician legend or mythology has it that Melqart was responsible for opening up the Mediterranean once again and creating the two megalithic structures on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar, what was referred to as the Pillars of Heracles.

Melqart was the tutelary god or "spirit protector" of the Phoenician City State of Tyre and a major deity for the Phoenicians.