La mythologie ougaritique dans son cadre historique

 

Scholarly opinion on the origins of Ugaritic mythology, in particularly the myths having to do with the storm deity BaÊ¿lu, has varied considerably over the eighty some years since the discovery of these tablets. Traditional Mesopotamian sources were cited as parallels early on, then Amorite influence was posited.  Recently, the hypothesis of a Mesopotamian connection has been revived under a new form.  These varied explanations for a Levantine mythology showing similarities with other Near-Eastern mythologies, not to mention Aegean ones, will be passed rapidly in review and the peculiarities of the Ugaritic version will be emphasized.

 

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