entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_CAN_ANAT,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Anat is Baal's sister and defender; KTU 1.3 (she slaughters warriors), 1.6 (she retrieves Baal from the underworld); Wyatt (2002) pp. 70-89; the most ferocious goddess in the Ugaritic texts"
ENT_CAN_ASHERAH,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Athirat/Asherah is El's consort and ""Lady of the Sea""; KTU 1.3-4 (Baal appeals to her as intercessor with El); Wyatt (2002) pp. 63-70, 88-106; her role as the divine mother and El's queen"
ENT_CAN_ASTARTE,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,Astarte appears in Ugaritic texts alongside Anat; KTU 1.14 (Keret Epic); Wyatt (2002) pp. 176-212; her role as the Venus goddess and queen of heaven; cognate with the Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar
ENT_CAN_BAAL,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Baal Hadad is the protagonist of the Baal Cycle (KTU 1.1-6); Wyatt (2002) pp. 33-120 (Baal and Yam), 106-182 (Baal and Mot); his palace-building, death, and resurrection are the central narrative"
ENT_CAN_DAGON,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,"KTU 1.5 VI 24: ""Baal son of Dagon""; Wyatt (2002) pp. 141-142 on Dagon's parentage role"
ENT_CAN_EL,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,"El is the patriarch of the Ugaritic pantheon; KTU 1.1-6 (Baal Cycle) throughout; KTU 1.65 (El's feast); Wyatt (2002) pp. 1-10, 329-348; El as ""Father of Years,"" the creator god, husband of Athirat"
ENT_CAN_KOTHAR,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Kothar-wa-Khasis (""Skillful and Clever"") is the divine craftsman who forges Baal's clubs (Yagrush and Aymur) for his battle against Yam; KTU 1.1-2; Wyatt (2002) pp. 40-50; his workshops are in Egypt (Kaphtor/Crete) in the Ugaritic texts"
ENT_CAN_LOTAN,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Lotan (the twisting/fleeing serpent) is slain by Baal or Anat; KTU 1.5 I 1-3: ""When you smote Lotan the fleeing serpent, annihilated the twisting serpent""; Wyatt (2002) pp. 113-115; Lotan is the Ugaritic original of the Hebrew Leviathan"
ENT_CAN_MOT,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,Mot (Death) is Baal's principal adversary; KTU 1.4 V - 1.6 VI (the Baal-Mot conflict; Baal's descent into Mot's throat and death; Anat's vengeance; Baal's resurrection); Wyatt (2002) pp. 100-168; the underworld deity whose challenge to Baal structures the cycle
ENT_CAN_REPHAIM,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,The Rephaim (the dead kings/heroes) appear in the Ugaritic texts as divine or semi-divine beings summoned to feasts; KTU 1.20-22 (the Rephaim texts); Wyatt (2002) pp. 317-334; the Ugaritic Rephaim illuminate the biblical Rephaim as giant ancient peoples
ENT_CAN_RESHEPH,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,Ugaritic texts: Resheph as gatekeeper at El's court; Wyatt (2002) pp. 398-399
ENT_CAN_SHAPASH,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,Shapash (the sun) mediates between Baal and the underworld in KTU 1.6 IV-VI; she declares Baal's victory in the final resolution of the Baal-Mot conflict; Wyatt (2002) pp. 160-165; a female sun deity in Ugaritic tradition
ENT_CAN_YAM,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,"Yam (Sea) is Baal's first great enemy; KTU 1.1-2 (Baal vs. Yam); Wyatt (2002) pp. 33-64; the combat between Baal and the primordial sea is a key Ugaritic myth with wide Near Eastern comparanda (Marduk-Tiamat, YHWH-Leviathan)"
ENT_CAN_YARIKH,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation,Yarikh (the moon) is attested in the Ugaritic texts; KTU 1.24 (the Wedding of Yarikh and Nikkal); Wyatt (2002) pp. 335-341; the moon deity whose name survives in the toponym Jericho (Yericho)