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The main deities featured in the myths of Ugarit were creator - god ! 1 , his son ,
the storm - god Baal , who was thought to reside on Mount Zaphon , the peak that
towers above the city , and the goddesses Astart and Anat , an Ishtar - like deity ...
The main deities featured in the myths of Ugarit were creator - god ! 1 , his son ,
the storm - god Baal , who was thought to reside on Mount Zaphon , the peak that
towers above the city , and the goddesses Astart and Anat , an Ishtar - like deity ...
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While the celestial and calendrical deities are female ( Xi He , the sun goddess ,
and Chang Xi , the moon goddess ) , the cultural deities are male ( The Farmer
God and Fu Xi ) . Deities of destruction have different functions Chi You is the god
...
While the celestial and calendrical deities are female ( Xi He , the sun goddess ,
and Chang Xi , the moon goddess ) , the cultural deities are male ( The Farmer
God and Fu Xi ) . Deities of destruction have different functions Chi You is the god
...
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ASTRAL DEITIES As explanations for the planets , people or deities were
believed to have transformed into the moon , stars or sun . AFTERLIFE Believed
to be where the spirit went after bodily death ; also known as paradise ,
Underworld ...
ASTRAL DEITIES As explanations for the planets , people or deities were
believed to have transformed into the moon , stars or sun . AFTERLIFE Believed
to be where the spirit went after bodily death ; also known as paradise ,
Underworld ...
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