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Ba'al Hadad

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Ba'al Hadad invites the "seventy sons of Athirat" to a feast in his new palace. He is sometimes called El's son rather than the son of Dagan, possibly because El is in the position of a clan-father to all the gods.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Ugaritic texts date to the Late Bronze Age.

Relationships

enemy of
Mot, Yam
allied with
El, Athirat, Anat, Kothar-wa-Khasis
co occurs with
Yamm, Hubbay
sibling of
Ashtar
child of
El, Dagan

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. El (deity)
  2. List of Canaanite deities

Source passages

“Ba'al Hadad is a few times called El's son rather than the son of Dagan as he is normally called, possibly because El is in the position of a clan-father to all the gods.”

#11661 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In the Baal Cycle, Ba'al Hadad is challenged by and defeats Yam using two magical weapons (called "Driver" and "Chaser") made for him by Kothar-wa-Khasis. Afterward, with the help of Athirat and Anat, Ba'al persuades El to allow him a palace.”

#22648 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001