Mot

Canaanite · deity · mythic · deity

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

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
bn ʾilm mt
mdd ʾil

Relations

sibling: Anat
sibling: Kirta
sibling: Shapshu
sibling: Yam

Sources

Ugaritic Baal Cycle (KTU 1.4–1.6)

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