Mot

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Mot is the Phoenician god of death and the underworld, associated with sterility, drought, and the cyclical struggle against life-giving deities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mot canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician god ⓘ
deity ⓘ
god of death ⓘ
underworld deity ⓘ
appearsIn Northwest Semitic mythological traditions ⓘ
associatedWith barrenness of the land ⓘ
death ⓘ
destruction ⓘ
drought ⓘ
sterility ⓘ
the underworld ⓘ
contrastedWith life-giving deities ⓘ
cosmicRole embodiment of inevitable mortality ⓘ
culture Canaanite religion ⓘ
Phoenician mythology ⓘ
linked to: Phoenician religion
domain realm of the dead ⓘ
the underworld ⓘ
engagesInCyclicalStruggleWith Baal ⓘ
gender male deity ⓘ
influencedConceptOf later West Semitic views of death ⓘ
languageOfName Phoenician ⓘ
Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
mythicFunction bringer of death ⓘ
opponent of fertility and rain ⓘ
nameMeaning "death" in Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ
opposedTo Baal ⓘ
relatedConcept cosmic struggle between life and death ⓘ
seasonal agricultural cycles ⓘ
religiousTradition Levantine religion ⓘ
roleInMythology antagonist of life-giving deities ⓘ
sharesMythicTypeWith other Near Eastern death gods ⓘ
symbolizes death ⓘ
seasonal decline of fertility ⓘ
the power of the grave ⓘ
typeOfDeity chthonic deity ⓘ
worshipRegion Canaan ⓘ
Phoenicia ⓘ
ancient Levant ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.