The Other Version of the Story of the Storm-god’s Combat with the Sea in the Light of Egyptian, Ugaritic, and Hurro-Hittite Texts
The paper examines a group of texts from second-millennium bce Egypt, Hatti, and Ugarit that contains motifs relating to the Storm-god’s combat with the Sea. The similarity these accounts exhibit to one another and their divergence from Enūma eliš and related biblical passages suggests that they con...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-51 |
Further subjects: | B
Aleppo
Astarte Papyrus
Baal Cycle
Enūma eliš
Hurrian-Egyptian relationship
the Song of Ḫedammu
the Song of the Sea
the Song of Ullikummi
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Summary: | The paper examines a group of texts from second-millennium bce Egypt, Hatti, and Ugarit that contains motifs relating to the Storm-god’s combat with the Sea. The similarity these accounts exhibit to one another and their divergence from Enūma eliš and related biblical passages suggests that they constitute a variant of this mythologem that circulated in the Fertile Crescent during this period. The primary elements of this version, its origin, and means of transmission are examined through a comparative analysis. |
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ISSN: | 1569-2124 |
Contains: | In: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15692124-12341268 |