Athirat
Canaanite · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Consort of El and mother-goddess; 'Lady Athirat of the Sea' and 'creatress of the gods.' Same figure as biblical Asherah.
Domains
- motherhood
- sea
Powers
- Petition El to grant a rival god kingship and palace
- Mother and preside over the seventy gods
Epithets
- rbt ʾaṯrt ym Lady Athirat of the Sea; the great mother-goddess and consort of ElBaal Cycle, KTU 1.4 I.22; III-IV (recurrent formula) (primary)
- qnyt ʾilm Creatress/progenitress of the gods; mother of the seventy sons of ElBaal Cycle, KTU 1.4 I.22; III.26, IV.32 (primary)
Relations
- spouse: ElMother-goddess and consort of El, 'Lady Athirat of the Sea'; her offspring (Yam, Mot, Anat et al.) already record El as parent.Ugaritic Baal Cycle, KTU 1.4 (Athirat as consort of El, 'creatress of the gods', petitions El for Baal's palace) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Ugaritic Baal Cycle (KTU 1.1–1.6) (primary); Kirta Epic, KTU 1.14 IV (Kirta's vow to Athirat of Tyre) (primary)