Anat
The young warrior goddess of Ugarit, Baal's sister and fiercest ally, who wades through battle, bullies El into granting Baal a palace, finds Baal's body, and destroys Mot.
Divine domains
Gods of Hunting
5 deities from 4 traditions whose entries in this atlas list hunting among their domains, grouped by tradition.
Canaanite
Athtart (Astarte)
A warrior and hunting goddess who, with Anat, holds Baal back from attacking Yam's messengers and then urges him to finish Yam off; better known in later centuries as the Phoenician Astarte.
Egyptian
Horus
Sky god whose eyes are the sun and moon. Son of Osiris and Isis, he avenged his father by defeating Set in battle, becoming the rightful king.
Norse
Skadi
A giantess who came armed to Asgard to avenge her father Thjazi and was offered a husband in compensation, choosing Njord by his feet alone. She is the huntress of the snowy mountains who travels on snowshoes with her bow.
Polynesian
Tu
The fierce god of war and human endeavor. Tu represents the aggressive, active principle necessary for survival, from warfare to hunting to the cultivation of crops.
Quick answers
- Who is the Canaanite god of hunting?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Canaanite deities whose domains include hunting are Anat and Athtart (Astarte).
- Who is the Egyptian god of hunting?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Egyptian deity whose domains include hunting is Horus.
- Who is the Norse god of hunting?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Norse deity whose domains include hunting is Skadi.
- Who is the Polynesian god of hunting?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Polynesian deity whose domains include hunting is Tu.
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