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Tale of Aqhat, the Glossary

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The Tale of Aqhat or Epic of Aqhat is a Canaanite myth from Ugarit, an ancient city in what is now Syria.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: Anat, Baal, Baal Cycle, Banquet, Bird of prey, Bow and arrow, Canaanite religion, Danel, David P. Wright, Drought, El (deity), Immortality, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Kotharat, Legend of Keret, Puġat, Revenge, Sea of Galilee, Syria, Ugarit, Vulture.

  2. 14th-century BC literature
  3. 1930 archaeological discoveries
  4. Anat
  5. Ancient Semitic religions
  6. Epic poems in Ugaritic
  7. Levantine mythology

Anat

Anat, Anatu, classically Anath (𐎓𐎐𐎚 ʿnt; עֲנָת ʿĂnāṯ;; translit; Egyptian: ꜥntjt) was a goddess associated with warfare and hunting, best known from the Ugaritic texts.

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Baal

Baal, or Baʻal (baʿal), was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity.

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Baal Cycle

The Baal Cycle is an Ugaritic text (c. 1500–1300 BCE) about the Canaanite god Baʿal ("Owner", "Lord"), a storm god associated with fertility. Tale of Aqhat and Baal Cycle are Anat, epic poems in Ugaritic and Levantine mythology.

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Banquet

A banquet is a formal large meal where a number of people consume food together.

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Bird of prey

Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds).

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Bow and arrow

The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows).

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Canaanite religion

The Canaanite religion was the group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age to the first centuries CE. Tale of Aqhat and Canaanite religion are ancient Semitic religions and Levantine mythology.

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Danel

Danel (Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎐𐎛𐎍 DNỈL, "El is judge"), father of Aqhat, was a culture hero who appears in an incomplete Ugaritic text of the fourteenth century BCE at Ugarit (now Ras Shamra), Syria. Tale of Aqhat and Danel are Levantine mythology.

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David P. Wright

David Pearson Wright (born 1953) is an American theologian and the professor of Bible and the Ancient Near East at Brandeis University.

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Drought

A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.

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El (deity)

(also Il, 𐎛𐎍 ʾīlu; 𐤀𐤋 ʾīl; אֵל ʾēl; ܐܺܝܠ ʾīyl; إل or إله; cognate to ilu) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities. Tale of Aqhat and El (deity) are Levantine mythology.

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Immortality

Immortality is the concept of eternal life.

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Kothar-wa-Khasis

Kothar-wa-Khasis (Kôṯaru-wa-Ḫasisu), also known as Kothar or Hayyānu, was an Ugaritic god regarded as a divine artisan.

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Kotharat

Kotharat (𐎋𐎘𐎗𐎚, kṯrt) were a group of seven goddesses associated with conception, pregnancy, birth and marriage, worshiped chiefly in northern part of modern Syria in the Bronze Age.

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Legend of Keret

The Legend of Keret, also known as the Epic of Kirta, is an ancient Ugaritic epic poem, dated to Late Bronze Age, circa 1500 – 1200 BCE. Tale of Aqhat and Legend of Keret are 1930 archaeological discoveries, ancient Semitic religions, epic poems in Ugaritic and Levantine mythology.

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Puġat

Puġat or Pughat (Virolleaud, e.g. 2:15: connection to OT fem PN Puʿah) is a character in the Ugaritic poem of the Tale of Aqhat from Canaanite myth. Tale of Aqhat and Puġat are Anat and Levantine mythology.

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Revenge

Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived.

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Sea of Galilee

The Sea of Galilee (יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake in Israel.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Ugarit

Ugarit (𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ʾUgarītu) was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia.

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Vulture

A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.

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See also

14th-century BC literature

1930 archaeological discoveries

Anat

Ancient Semitic religions

Epic poems in Ugaritic

Levantine mythology

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_Aqhat

Also known as Aqhat Epic, Epic of Aqhat, Epic of Aqht, Tale of Aqhatu, The Epic of Aqhat, The Tale of Aqhat.