Kothar-wa-Khasis

deity earth Ugaritic single tradition · 10

Kothar-wa-Khasis was a local Ugaritic craftsman god, equated with Ea in a trilingual god list from Ugarit.

↻ synthesized from 10 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in the Baal Cycle, dating to the Late Bronze Age.

Relationships

syncretized with
Ea, Ptah, Kinyras, Eyan
serves
Baal, El, Baʿal Hadad
served by
Kotharat

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Sources

Source passages

“with his Hurrian name Eyan corresponding to it in the Hurrian column and local craftsman god Kothar-wa-Khasis in the Ugaritic one.”

#15779 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The closing lines (49-54) of the hymn suggest an association with the deity Kothar-wa-Khasis, but translations of the nature of this association vary wildly between authors.”

#16123 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Kothar-wa-Khasis – Ugaritic, Egyptian and Phoenician craftsman god”

#17065 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“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. El approves, and the palace is built by Kothar-wa-Khasis.”

#22650 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In this battle Ba‘al is somehow weakened, but the divine craftsman Kothar-wa-Khasis crafts two magic clubs for Ba’al as weapons that help Ba’al strike down Yamm and Ba'al is supreme. When urged by Kothar-wa-Khasis, Ba’al reluctantly opens a window in his palace and sends forth thunder and lightning.”

#22938 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001