Ugaritic Baal Cycle

E318545

Late Bronze Age literary work Northwest Semitic myth Ugaritic text mythological epic

The Ugaritic Baal Cycle is a Late Bronze Age Northwest Semitic mythological epic from Ugarit that recounts the storm-god Baal’s battles, kingship, and relationships with other deities, including the warrior goddess Anat.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Baal Cycle	8
Ugaritic texts	4
Ugaritic Baal Cycle canonical	2
Aqhat epic	1
Baal cycle	1
Ugaritic Baal Cycle tablets	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3005116 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ugaritic Baal Cycle
Context triple: [Anat, mythologicalText, Ugaritic Baal Cycle]

A. Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem, among the earliest surviving works of literature, that recounts the heroic adventures and existential quests of King Gilgamesh of Uruk.
B. Inanna and the Huluppu Tree
"Inanna and the Huluppu Tree" is a Sumerian mythological tale that recounts the goddess Inanna’s relationship with a sacred tree inhabited by supernatural beings and its eventual transformation into objects of power.
C. Anaphora of Addai and Mari
The Anaphora of Addai and Mari is one of the oldest Eucharistic prayers in continuous use in Eastern Christianity, particularly within the East Syriac liturgical tradition.
D. The Tale of Sinuhe
The Tale of Sinuhe is an ancient Egyptian narrative poem from the Middle Kingdom that follows a court official’s exile and eventual return, and is considered one of the earliest masterpieces of world literature.
E. Enuma Elish
Enuma Elish is an ancient Mesopotamian creation epic that recounts the rise of the god Marduk and the ordering of the cosmos from primordial chaos.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ugaritic Baal Cycle
Target entity description: The Ugaritic Baal Cycle is a Late Bronze Age Northwest Semitic mythological epic from Ugarit that recounts the storm-god Baal’s battles, kingship, and relationships with other deities, including the warrior goddess Anat.

A. Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem, among the earliest surviving works of literature, that recounts the heroic adventures and existential quests of King Gilgamesh of Uruk.
B. Inanna and the Huluppu Tree
"Inanna and the Huluppu Tree" is a Sumerian mythological tale that recounts the goddess Inanna’s relationship with a sacred tree inhabited by supernatural beings and its eventual transformation into objects of power.
C. Anaphora of Addai and Mari
The Anaphora of Addai and Mari is one of the oldest Eucharistic prayers in continuous use in Eastern Christianity, particularly within the East Syriac liturgical tradition.
D. The Tale of Sinuhe
The Tale of Sinuhe is an ancient Egyptian narrative poem from the Middle Kingdom that follows a court official’s exile and eventual return, and is considered one of the earliest masterpieces of world literature.
E. Enuma Elish
Enuma Elish is an ancient Mesopotamian creation epic that recounts the rise of the god Marduk and the ordering of the cosmos from primordial chaos.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Late Bronze Age literary work ⓘ Northwest Semitic myth ⓘ Ugaritic text ⓘ mythological epic ⓘ
approximateDate	13th century BCE ⓘ
associatedDeityRole	Anat as warrior goddess ⓘ Baal as storm-god ⓘ
centralTheme	Baal’s kingship ⓘ conflict between Baal and Mot ⓘ conflict between Baal and Yam ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ divine combat ⓘ fertility and seasonal cycles ⓘ
culture	Ugaritic ⓘ linked to: Ugaritic language
discoveredInCountry	Syria ⓘ
featuresDeity	Anat ⓘ Asherah ⓘ El ⓘ Kothar-wa-Khasis ⓘ Mot ⓘ Shapsh ⓘ linked to: Shapshu Yam ⓘ
genre	mythological narrative ⓘ religious literature ⓘ
includesMotif	building of Baal’s palace ⓘ death and resurrection of Baal ⓘ sea-dragon combat ⓘ
influenceOnField	biblical studies ⓘ comparative Semitic studies ⓘ history of ancient Near Eastern religion ⓘ
language	Ugaritic language ⓘ
literaryForm	poetry ⓘ
mainDeity	Baal ⓘ
materialForm	clay tablets ⓘ
modernDiscoverySite	Ras Shamra ⓘ linked to: Ugarit
narrativeFocus	Baal’s rise to supremacy ⓘ
originalFunction	cultic literature ⓘ royal-ideological narrative ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Ugarit ⓘ
preservationState	fragmentary ⓘ
relatedMythologicalTradition	Canaanite mythology ⓘ linked to: Canaanite religion Levantine mythology ⓘ
religiousContext	Canaanite religion ⓘ Ugaritic religion ⓘ linked to: Canaanite religion
scriptDirection	alphabetic cuneiform ⓘ
structure	series of related tablets ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Bronze Age ⓘ
writingSystem	Ugaritic cuneiform ⓘ

How these facts were elicited