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Baal Cycle: Characters & History

The Baal Cycle is an Ugaritic text (c. 1300–1100 BCE) about the Canaanite god Baʿal (𐎁𐎓𐎍 lit. "Owner", "Lord"), a storm god associated with fertility. It consists of six tablets, itemized as KTU 1.1–1.6. Tablets one (KTU 1.1) and two (KTU 1.2) are about the cosmic battle between the storm-god Baal and the sea god Yam, where the former attains victory.…

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Baal Cycle topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters and History as prominent areas in the source structure around Baal Cycle.

Related topics
71
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
79
Extracted relationships
120
Concept neighborhoods
25
Bridge connections
79

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 28 topics
Main characters · 17 topics
Synopsis · 9 topics
Bibliography. · 4 topics
Historical context · 4 topics
Interpretations · 4 topics
Reception · 4 topics
Translations · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Chapters
Six tablets (KTU 1.1–1.6)
Language
Ugaritic
Period
c. 1300–1100 BCE
Religion
Canaanite religion

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Main characters

Synopsis

Interpretations

Historical context

Reception

Translations

Bibliography.

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Baal Cycle connects Entity context

The extracted context around Baal Cycle shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Baal Cycle → Ahmad, Al-Jallad, An Introduction, Ancient Near Eastern Religions, Apocalyptic Literature, Ayali-Darshan, Baʿal, Brill, BrillSmith, Canaanite Myths, Canaanite Religion, Clark International, Collins, Commentary, Daniel, Die Welt, Echoes, Eerdmans Publishing, Egyptian, Gibson Another extracted example is Baal Cycle → Ancient Near Eastern Religions, Ayali-Darshan, Brill, Egyptian, Hurro-Hittite Texts, II, In, ISBN, Journal, Leiden, Light, Noga, Sea, Storm-god’s Combat, Story, Supplements, The Other Version, The Ugaritic Baal Cycle, Ugaritic, Vetus Testamentum. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Baal Cycle

Top relations

related to Bibliography. · 55
Baal Cycle → Ahmad, Al-Jallad, An Introduction, Ancient Near Eastern Religions, Apocalyptic Literature, Ayali-Darshan, Baʿal, Brill, BrillSmith, Canaanite Myths, Canaanite Religion, Clark International, Collins, Commentary, Daniel, Die Welt, Echoes, Eerdmans Publishing, Egyptian, Gibson
related to Further reading · 21
Baal Cycle → Ancient Near Eastern Religions, Ayali-Darshan, Brill, Egyptian, Hurro-Hittite Texts, II, In, ISBN, Journal, Leiden, Light, Noga, Sea, Storm-god’s Combat, Story, Supplements, The Other Version, The Ugaritic Baal Cycle, Ugaritic, Vetus Testamentum
related to Main characters · 21
Baal Cycle → Amrur, Arsay, Athirat, Baal, Baal CycleMot, BaalAthtar, CaphtorShapshu, Gupan, Kothar, Lotan, Memphis, Mount ZaphonYam, Pidray, Qudšu, Servants, Syrian, Tallay, The, These, UgarTwo
related to Reception · 11
Baal Cycle → Baal's, Baʿal, Biblical Book, Daniel, Death, Mot, Others, Revelation, Sea, Some, Yam
related to Partial translations · 7
Baal Cycle → Brill, KTU, Mark Smith, Tablets, The Ugaritic Baal Cycle, Volume, Wayne Pitard
Chapters · 1
Baal Cycle → Six tablets (KTU 1.1–1.6)
Language · 1
Baal Cycle → Ugaritic
Period · 1
Baal Cycle → c. 1300–1100 BCE
Religion · 1
Baal Cycle → Canaanite religion
is a · 1
Baal Cycle → Ugaritic text

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

baʿal mot baal yam el text cycle god anat ugaritic two athirat palace tablets ktu sea gods continues storm kothar-wa-khasis

Baal Cycle relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 120 structured relationships around Baal Cycle. Examples in this analysis include Baal Cycle → Chapters → Six tablets (KTU 1.1–1.6) and Baal Cycle → Language → Ugaritic. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Baal CycleChaptersSix tablets (KTU 1.1–1.6)1.00infobox
Baal CycleLanguageUgaritic1.00infobox
Baal CyclePeriodc. 1300–1100 BCE1.00infobox
Baal CycleReligionCanaanite religion1.00infobox
Baal Cycleis aUgaritic text0.90text
Baal Cyclerelated to Bibliography.Al-Jallad0.60section
Baal Cyclerelated to Bibliography.Ahmad0.60section
Baal Cyclerelated to Bibliography.Echoes0.60section
Baal Cyclerelated to Bibliography.Safaito-Hismaic Inscription0.60section
Baal Cyclerelated to Bibliography.Journal0.60section
Baal Cyclerelated to Bibliography.Near Eastern Religions0.60section
Baal Cyclerelated to Bibliography.Ayali-Darshan0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Baal Cycle bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Cycle, Ugaritic and Volume. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Baal Cycle
    • Cycle
    • Ugaritic
    • Volume
    • Tablets
    • God
    • Smith
    • Brill
    • Mark
    • Yam
    • Ktu
    • Gods
    • Sea
  • baal cycle
    • Cycle
    • Ugaritic
    • Volume
    • Tablets
    • God
    • Sea
    • Smith
    • Brill
    • Mark
    • Ktu
    • Storm
    • Yam
  • baʿal
    • Mot
    • Anat
    • Yam
    • El
    • Text
    • Continues
    • Athirat
    • Kothar-wa-khasis
    • Mount
    • Zephon
    • Battle
    • Tells
  • anat
    • Athirat
    • Text
    • Resumes
    • El
    • Continues
    • Baʿal
    • Mount
    • Zephon
    • Gods
    • Mot
    • Tablets
    • Two
  • athirat
    • Gods
    • Kothar-wa-khasis
    • El
    • Text
    • Continues
    • Athtar
    • Yam
    • Baʿal
    • Baʿal's
    • Messengers
    • Tablets
    • Baal
  • baal
    • Cycle
    • Ugaritic
    • Volume
    • Tablets
    • God
    • Smith
    • Brill
    • Mark
    • Yam
    • Ktu
    • Gods
    • Sea
  • text
    • Continues
    • Resumes
    • Anat
    • Baʿal
    • Athirat
    • El
    • Mot
    • Shapash
    • Baʿal's
    • Kothar-wa-khasis
    • Two
    • Ugaritic
  • storm god
    • Storm
    • Sea
    • Version
    • Gods
    • Battle
    • Death
    • Two
    • Tablets
    • Mot
    • Yam
    • Palace
    • Ktu

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Baal Cycle, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Baal Cycle with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Baal CycleOverview · splits 51 ⟂ 29
Baal CycleMain characters · splits 62 ⟂ 18
Baal CycleSynopsis · splits 70 ⟂ 10
Baal CycleInterpretations · splits 75 ⟂ 5
Baal CycleHistorical context · splits 75 ⟂ 5
Baal CycleReception · splits 75 ⟂ 5
Baal CycleBibliography. · splits 75 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Baal Cycle

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples120
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Baal Cycle to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters & History, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Baal Cycle · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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