Judge Nahar

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Judge Nahar is an alternate name for the ancient Near Eastern sea and chaos deity Yam, often depicted as a powerful adversary of the storm god Baal.

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Judge Nahar canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern deity ⓘ
alternateNameOf Yam ⓘ
associatedWithElement water ⓘ
associatedWithFeature rivers ⓘ
sea ⓘ
associatedWithText Baal Cycle ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic Baal Cycle
attestedInLanguage Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
conflictType divine combat myth ⓘ
cosmicRole embodiment of untamed waters ⓘ
threat to cosmic order ⓘ
cosmologicalFunction represents pre-creation waters ⓘ
culture Canaanite religion ⓘ
Ugaritic religion ⓘ
linked to: Canaanite religion
describedAs powerful adversary of Baal ⓘ
enemyOf Baal Hadad ⓘ
linked to: Baal

storm gods ⓘ
equatedWith Yam ⓘ
gender male deity ⓘ
hasDomain chaos ⓘ
sea ⓘ
linguisticRelation epithet involving term for river (nahar) ⓘ
name related to Semitic root for sea ⓘ
mythologicalType chaos deity ⓘ
narrativeFunction antagonist in Baal Cycle ⓘ
opponentOf Baal ⓘ
parallelsWith Leviathan ⓘ
Lotan ⓘ
Tiamat ⓘ
relatedConcept chaoskampf ⓘ
religiousContext West Semitic religion ⓘ
linked to: Canaanite religion
role personification of primordial chaos ⓘ
personification of the sea ⓘ
sourceType mythological texts ⓘ
statusInMyth defeated by Baal ⓘ
symbol rivers ⓘ
sea ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
title Judge ⓘ
River ⓘ
worshipRegion Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

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Yam → alsoKnownAs → Judge Nahar ⓘ