Baal Cycle
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The Baal Cycle is an Ugaritic text about the Canaanite god Baʿal, a storm god associated with fertility. It consists of six tablets, itemized as KTU 1.1–1.6. Tablets one and two are about the cosmic b
Cuneiform tablet of the Baal Cycle
Statue of Baal with Thunderbolt from Ugarit
Duck container Louvre AO14779
ʿAṯtar
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ʿAṯtar or Athtar, is a deity whose role, name, and even gender varied across ancient Semitic religion. In both genders, ʿAṯtar is identified with the planet Venus, the morning and evening star. ʿAṯtar
Baal Cycle
…Anat, sister and major ally to Baal Athtar, god of the stars El, the king of the gods, and his wife, Athirat the queen-god and mother of the pantheon. These characters have the highest rank in…
South Arabian fragment of a stela depicting a reclining ibex and three Arabian oryx heads, which were associated with ʿAṯtar.
The Moabite deity Kamōš