The Kotharot
Canaanite · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Seven swallow-goddesses, 'Daughters of the Crescent Moon'; divine midwives of conception and childbirth, the only Canaanite deities appearing only as a collective.
Domains
- childbirth
- marriage conception
Powers
- Grant conception and ease the bed of childbirth
- Bless the bridal bed and ensure conception
Epithets
- bnt hll snnt Daughters of the Crescent Moon, the swallow-like onesUgaritic text KTU 1.24 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Aqhat Epic (KTU 1.17) (primary); Marriage of Yarikh and Nikkal (KTU 1.24) (primary)