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    The Baal Cycle is an Ugaritic text (c. 1500–1300 BCE) about the Canaanite god Baʿal (𐎁𐎓𐎍 lit. "Owner", "Lord"), a storm god associated with fertility...
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    The Ugaritic god Baal (𐎁𐎓𐎍) is the protagonist of one of the lengthiest surviving epics from the ancient Near East, the Baal Cycle. Ba'al's widely used...
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  • played a role in Ugaritic mythology. In the Baal Cycle he is portrayed as an enemy of the weather god, Baal. Their struggle revolves around attaining the...
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    Hadad (redirect from Baal Hadad)
    Babylonian Bel.[citation needed] The Baal Cycle or Epic of Baal is a collection of stories about the Canaanite Baal, also referred to as Hadad. It was composed...
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    approximately fifty epic poems; the three major literary texts are the Baal Cycle, the Legend of Keret, and the Tale of Aqhat. The other texts include 150...
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  • messengers of the weather god Baal. They always appear as a pair in known texts. They are well attested in the Baal Cycle, where they carry messages from...
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  • Ugaritic myths, she is described as a daughter of the weather god Baal. In the Baal Cycle, she appears alongside the goddess Tallay, regarded as her sister...
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  • Baal Cycle, he uses his skills on behalf of other deities. In the beginning, El enlists his help with building a temple for Yam. Later he helps Baal in...
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    Anat (section Baal Cycle)
    myths, including the Baal Cycle and the Epic of Aqhat. In the former, she is portrayed as a staunch ally of the weather god Baal, who assists him in his...
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  • is nonetheless assumed she was actively worshiped. She appears in the Baal Cycle as one of the daughters of the eponymous god, usually alongside Pidray...
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    Baal with Thunderbolt or the Baal stele is a white limestone bas-relief stele from the ancient kingdom of Ugarit in northwestern Syria. The stele was...
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    been found at Ugarit, the other two being the Legend of Keret and the Baal Cycle. It dates to approximately 1350 BCE. While the complete tale has not been...
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  • of Gilgamesh, centering upon the demigod king Gilgamesh and Enkidu The Baal Cycle, which centers on the battle of Ba'al Hadad against Yam and Mawat The...
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    chaos and evil. Tannin appears in the Baal Cycle as one of the servants of Yam (lit. 'Sea') defeated by Baʿal (lit. 'Lord') or bound by his sister, Anat...
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    alliance are Lebanon and Siryon (šá-ri-ya-nu). In the Ugaritic Baal Cycle, tablet KTU 1.4 IV, Baal goes "to Lebanon and his trees, Siryon – his desired cedars"...
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  • Ashtart, was ever described as her mother. In a single passage from the Baal Cycle she appears alongside Pidray and Tallay, and as a result these three goddesses...
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    the relationship between El and Baal in the Baal cycle is similar to that between Kumarbi and Teshub in the Kumarbi cycle, and that in the Hellenized Phoenician...
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    Tiamat's stretched out skin. Canaanite mythology in the Baal Cycle describes the supreme god Baal as enthroned above the freshwater ocean. Egyptian texts...
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    the morning and evening star. ʿAṯtar is a prominent character in the Baal Cycle. The name appears in various Semitic languages as: the feminine form Ištar...
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    dispute over the Shiyannu region early in his reign. He commissioned the Baal cycle about the god Haddu/Ba'al, and had a son, Niqmepa. In the Hittite Archives...
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    (AKA 'Aqhat), the Myth of Baal-Aliyan, and the Death of Baal. The latter two are also known collectively as the Baal Cycle. These texts reveal aspects...
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  • He is attested in a single prayer found in Ugarit, as well as in the Baal Cycle, where he appears in his traditional role as the servant of his mistress...
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    servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle. Lotan seems to have been prefigured by the serpent Têmtum...
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    (Roman, Greek, or Hebrew) may have informed Philo's writings. In the Baal Cycle, Ba'al Hadad is challenged by and defeats Yam using two magical weapons...
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  • neighboring cultures, such as Mesopotamian Theogony of Dunnu or Ugaritic Baal Cycle. It is also commonly assumed that they were an influence on Theogony,...
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    Ugaritic, a cognate phrase is bn 'il. This may occur in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle. KTU² 1.40 demonstrates the use of bn il to mean "sons of gods". KTU²...
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    El (deity) (category Baal)
    Pitard, Wayne (24 December 2008). "El's Relationship to Baal's Enemies". The Ugaritic Baal Cycle: Introduction with Text, Translation and Commentary of...
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  • Origins of Biblical Monotheism, and his translation of the Baal Cycle (The Ugaritic Baal Cycle, Vols. 1–2). Smith has been married since 1983 to the archaeologist...
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    2022-06-29. Wiggins, Steve A. (2003). "Pidray, Tallay and Arsay in the Baal Cycle". Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages. 29 (2). Wiggins, Steve (2007)...
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  • pp. 289–304, (1996). ISBN 3927120375. Smith, Mark S., "The Ugaritic Baal Cycle: Volume 1. Introduction with Text, Translation and Commentary of KTU 1...
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