Basic Synopsis
The Baal Cycle series of stories are summarized thus:
- Yam wants to rule over the other gods and be the most powerful of all
- Baal-Hadad opposes Yam and slays him
- Baal-Hadad, with the help of Anath and Athirat, persuades El to allow him a palace
- Baal-Hadad commissions Kothar-wa-Khasis to build him a palace.
- King of the gods and ruler of the world seeks to subjugate Mot
- Mot kills Baal-Hadad
- Anath brutally kills Mot, grinds him up and scatters ashes
- Baal-Hadad returns to Mount Saphon
- Mot, having recovered from being ground up and scattered, challenges Baal-Hadad
- Baal-Hadad refuses; Mot submits
- Baal-Hadad rules again
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