Pabil
Canaanite · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Pabil is on the losing side of the clearest transaction in Ugaritic literature. Kirta has lost his whole family and is told by El in a dream to raise an army and march on Udum; he does; the city is surrounded for seven days; and Pabil sends out an offer of silver, gold, slaves and chariots — everything a besieging king would normally want. Kirta says no and names the one thing he came for: Hurraya. The poem is very clear that the war exists to produce an heir, not a profit.
Children
Domains
- sovereignty
Relations
- father of: HurrayaThe daughter the siege is actually about.Reference treatment of the Kirta epic, naming Hurraya as Pabil's daughter. (secondary)
Sources
- Pabil is the king of Udum in the Kirta epic, besieged for seven days, who offers treasure to lift the siege and is refused because Kirta wants his daughter Hurraya.: The Kirta epic. (primary); Reference treatment of the Kirta epic and its cast. (secondary)