Mot (as figure involved in his mythic cycle)

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Mot is the Ugaritic god of death and the underworld, a central antagonist in the Baal Cycle whose conflict with the storm god Baal shapes the mythic drama of life, fertility, and seasonal decay.

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Label Occurrences
Mot (as figure involved in his mythic cycle) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ugaritic deity ⓘ
death god ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
underworld god ⓘ
associatedConcept cyclical alternation of life and death ⓘ
seasonal cycle of fertility and barrenness ⓘ
associatedMyth Baal Cycle ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic Baal Cycle
characteristic hostile to life and fertility ⓘ
insatiable appetite ⓘ
conflictWith Baal ⓘ
contrastedWith Baal as storm and fertility god ⓘ
cosmicFunction brings an end to life ⓘ
threatens cosmic order upheld by Baal ⓘ
culture Canaanite religion ⓘ
Ugaritic religion ⓘ
linked to: Canaanite religion
domain death ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
dwellingPlace depths of the earth ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
epithet Beloved of El ⓘ
Devourer ⓘ
familyRelation son of El ⓘ
gender male deity ⓘ
influenceOn later West Semitic conceptions of Death as a personified power ⓘ
narrativeEvent eventually submits to Baal ⓘ
is dismembered and ground by Anat ⓘ
kills or causes the death of Baal ⓘ
returns to life after being slain by Anat ⓘ
summons Baal to the underworld ⓘ
opponent Baal ⓘ
pantheon Ugaritic pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic texts
parent El ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
relatedConcept Hebrew word "mavet" (death) ⓘ
religiousContext Late Bronze Age Northwest Semitic religion ⓘ
roleInMyth antagonist of Baal ⓘ
central figure in the Baal Cycle ⓘ
sibling Baal ⓘ
Yam ⓘ
symbolizes death ⓘ
drought ⓘ
seasonal decay ⓘ
sterility of the land ⓘ
textualLanguage Ugaritic ⓘ
textualSource Ugaritic tablets from Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit) ⓘ
linked to: Ras Shamra tablets
worshipPlace Ugarit ⓘ

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

Shapash → relationshipWith → Mot (as figure involved in his mythic cycle) ⓘ