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... Ugarit researchers have learned of a significant cult of former rulers ( called " Healers " at Ugarit ) —from putative or mythical figures to the most recently deceased - who supported the reigning monarch with divine blessings . The ...
... Ugarit researchers have learned of a significant cult of former rulers ( called " Healers " at Ugarit ) —from putative or mythical figures to the most recently deceased - who supported the reigning monarch with divine blessings . The ...
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... Ugarit , and is usually depicted holding a thunderbolt . He is the protagonist of a cycle of myths from Ugarit . These tell of a challenge from Yamm ( " Sea " ) , to which Baal responds . Armed with magical weapons made by the craftsman ...
... Ugarit , and is usually depicted holding a thunderbolt . He is the protagonist of a cycle of myths from Ugarit . These tell of a challenge from Yamm ( " Sea " ) , to which Baal responds . Armed with magical weapons made by the craftsman ...
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... Ugarit attests to a more explicit and specific comprehensiveness . Several god lists have been recovered from Ugarit . The most " official " one , which has survived in two Ugaritic copies and one Akka- dian translation , consists of 33 ...
... Ugarit attests to a more explicit and specific comprehensiveness . Several god lists have been recovered from Ugarit . The most " official " one , which has survived in two Ugaritic copies and one Akka- dian translation , consists of 33 ...
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