The Obituary
Anat was the Ugaritic goddess of war, hunting, and savage devotion, sister and ally of Baal. The Baal Cycle depicts her wading through battlefields of gore, heads slung from her belt, and avenging her slain brother by destroying the death-god Mot, whom she cleaves, burns, and grinds to dust. Worshipped also in Egypt during the New Kingdom, her cult was tied to Bronze Age Levantine cities. After their decline and the spread of later religions, her worship vanished entirely.
Worth remembering
- In the Baal Cycle she wades knee- and thigh-deep in gore, hanging the heads of slain warriors from her belt.
- She confronts the death-god Mot, splits him with a blade, burns him, grinds him, and scatters him to the birds.
Sources
- Anat was an Ugaritic goddess of war and the hunt, sister of Baal Wikipedia
- In the Baal Cycle she slaughters Baal's enemies and demands his palace World History Encyclopedia
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