Daniʾilu
Canaanite · demigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Righteous sage-king, father of Aqhat, and named among the Rephaim (mt rpʾi, 'man of the Rapiu'). Typed demigod for his Rephaim/ancestral-divine status; biblical Daniel of Ezekiel 14, 28 likely echoes him.
Children
Domains
- justice
Powers
- Judge the cause of the widow and the orphan at the gate
- Host the birth-goddesses seven days to gain a son
- Curse the towns near where his son's blood was shed
Relations
- ancestor of: AqhatRephaim sage-king and father of Aqhat (parental edge already on Aqhat); given as ancestor-of to preserve Aqhat's tier.Ugaritic Epic of Aqhat, KTU 1.17 (Daniʾilu granted the son Aqhat by El/Baal's favor) (primary)
- companion: The RephaimReciprocal of canaanite_rephaim.companion — The deified-dead warrior-king collective among whose number Daniʾilu is explicitly counted.Ugaritic Aqhat epic (Daniʾilu titled mt rpʾi, 'man of the Rapiu'); KTU 1.20-22 Rapiuma texts (primary)
Sources
- existence: Aqhat Epic (KTU 1.17–1.19) (primary)