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Death and the Underworld | |
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| Major cult center | Ugarit |
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| Religions of the ancient Near East |
Mot (Phoenician: 𐤌𐤕 mūt, Hebrew: מות māweṯ, Arabic: موت mawt) was the Canaanite god of death and the Underworld.[1][2] He was also known to the people of Ugarit and in Phoenicia,[3] where Canaanite religion was widespread. The main source of information about Mot in Canaanite mythology comes from the texts discovered at Ugarit,[1] but he is also mentioned in the surviving fragments of Philo of Byblos's Greek translation of the writings of the Phoenician Sanchuniathon.
- ^ a b Spar, Authors: Ira. "The Gods and Goddesses of Canaan | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History". The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ Gibson, John C. (1978-04-01). Canaanite Myths and Legends. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-567-08089-9.
- ^ CASSUTO, U. (1962). "Baal and Mot in the Ugaritic Texts". Israel Exploration Journal. 12 (2): 77–86. ISSN 0021-2059. JSTOR 27924890.