ABSTRACT
At Ugarit, the corresponding seasonal myth is linked to Baal and Anat. Mot, the god of death, kills Alijan-Baal and occupies his throne. The result is a terrible drought. Anat kills Mot and goes in search of her husband/brother Baal. Mot returns to life but is defeated once again, whereas Baal’s resurrection restores nature’s fertility. In Greece, Adonis, essentially a Phoenician god whose cult came to Greece in the fifth century B.C., dies of a wound inflicted by a boar. The Hittite myth of Attis, which is found throughout Asia Minor, recounts his self castration and rebirth.
