CLT-3378 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Baal Cycle, Niqmaddu Ii, Cuneiform Script
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Language of work: ugaritic (in alphabetic cuneiform script: ugaritic/canaanite deities, el, kothar-wa-hasis, craftsman god, cf. Apollo and artemis: nubile, virgin goddess, goddess of war and hunting (bloodthirsty, sun goddess, linked to both life and death (= summer, drought, shapash. Baal cycle: group of poems about baal, tablets found at ugarit (alphabetic script, found in library of chief priest of baal (temple) = attanu-purlianni, scribe, ilimilku, in reign of niqmaddu ii, king of ugarit (ca. 1375-1345 bce: composition of attanu-purlianni and ilimilku? or just of ilimilku, poems in baal cyle: recited in autumn? (rainy season) Baal cycle: the poems: baal vs. yam (sea) = combat myth + succession myth, palace of baal = aftermath of succession myth (baal as king, baal vs. mot (death) = combat myth. Baal vs. yam: yam (sea, aka nahar, aka river, dragon, serpent, messengers from yam sent to el, gods afraid (cf.
