Rahmay
Canaanite · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Rahmay appears in one tablet and has been argued about ever since — whether she is a goddess in her own right, an epithet of Anat, or a doublet of Athirat is unresolved, and this record does not resolve it. What the text says is that El fathers the twins on two women and that she is one of them, and her name is built on the root that gives both 'womb' and 'mercy', which is the same double meaning the Hebrew Bible works with constantly.
Domains
- motherhood
Relations
- consort of: ElOne of El's two partners in KTU 1.23, beside Athirat. Which of the two bears which twin the text does not settle, so this record links the union and not the maternity.Reference treatment of KTU 1.23, in which El fathers the twins on Athirat and Rahmay. (secondary)
Sources
- Rahmay is one of the two goddesses on whom El fathers Shahar and Shalim in the Ugaritic tablet KTU 1.23, her name built on the root for womb and mercy.: Reference treatment of KTU 1.23 and of Rahmay. (secondary)