Anat (English spelling)

Japanese: アナト（英語表記）Anat

The great goddess of ancient Phoenicia. Her character as a goddess of war was particularly prominent, and her worship was also adopted in Egypt. In the mythology recorded in documents excavated from the ruins of the ancient city of Ugarit, Anat is depicted as the sister of a god called Ariyan-Baal, and as a cruel goddess who killed countless people for him, staining her hands with blood, and also fought against the god Mot, who had defeated Baal, killed him, chopped up his corpse, sifted it in a winnowing basket, roasted it in a fire, crushed it in a mortar, and scattered it on the fields.

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Japanese:

古代フェニキアの大女神。戦いの女神としての性格が特に顕著で，その祭祀はエジプトにも取入れられた。古代都市ウガリトの遺跡から出土した文書に記された神話では，アナトはアリヤン・バールと呼ばれる神の姉妹で，彼のために無数の人間を殺害して両手を血で染め，またバールを倒したモト神とも戦って，彼を殺し，その死体を切刻み，箕でふるい分け，火で焼き，臼で粉砕して，畑にばらまく残忍な女神として描写されている。

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