Mot

Insatiable death-god and ruler of the underworld, son of El; Baal's final adversary, dismembered by Anat yet enduring as the cycle of drought.

Parentage

• paternal: El

Domains

• death
• underworld

Powers

• Swallow gods and men with a throat that spans earth to sky
• Kill Baal and drag him down into the netherworld

Epithets

• ydd ʾil ǵzr ugaritic · yadīdu ʾili ǵazru · literaryBeloved of El, the Hero; the death-god as El's favoured championBaal Cycle, KTU 1.4 VII.46-48; 1.5 I (primary)
• bn ʾilm mt ugaritic · binu ʾilīma môtu · literaryMot, son of El; the divine son who rules death and the underworldBaal Cycle, KTU 1.5 II; 1.6 II (recurrent) (primary)
• mdd ʾil Ugaritic · madod ʾili · literaryBeloved of ElUgaritic Baal Cycle (KTU 1.4-1.6) (primary)

Relations

• sibling: AnatFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (El) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: KirtaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (El) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: ShapshuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (El) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: YamFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (El) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Ugaritic Baal Cycle (KTU 1.4–1.6) (primary)