Judge Nahar
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Judge Nahar is an alternate name for the ancient Near Eastern sea and chaos deity Yam, often depicted as a powerful adversary of the storm god Baal.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Near Eastern deity ⓘ |
| alternateNameOf | Yam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithElement | water ⓘ |
| associatedWithFeature |
rivers
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| associatedWithText | Baal Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedInLanguage | Ugaritic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | divine combat myth ⓘ |
| cosmicRole |
embodiment of untamed waters
ⓘ
threat to cosmic order ⓘ |
| cosmologicalFunction | represents pre-creation waters ⓘ |
| culture |
Canaanite religion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ugaritic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | powerful adversary of Baal ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Baal Hadad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
storm gods ⓘ |
| equatedWith | Yam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male deity ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
chaos
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| linguisticRelation |
epithet involving term for river (nahar)
ⓘ
name related to Semitic root for sea ⓘ |
| mythologicalType | chaos deity ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | antagonist in Baal Cycle ⓘ |
| opponentOf | Baal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelsWith |
Leviathan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lotan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiamat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | chaoskampf ⓘ |
| religiousContext | West Semitic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
personification of primordial chaos
ⓘ
personification of the sea ⓘ |
| sourceType | mythological texts ⓘ |
| statusInMyth | defeated by Baal ⓘ |
| symbol |
rivers
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Judge
ⓘ
River ⓘ |
| worshipRegion | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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