Yamm

Definition

Yamm (from the Semitic word yam for 'sea', also known as Yam and Yam-Nahar) was the god of the sea and storm in the pantheon of the Canaanite-Phoenicians. Depicted consistently as tyrannical, angry, violent, and harsh, Yamm was the brother of Mot, the god of death, and is associated with chaos. His story is told in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle.

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  • c. 1500 BCE
    Date of the tablets of the Baal Cycle from Ugarit which tell the story of Yamm and his struggle with Baal for kingship of the gods.
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