After Anat arranged Aqhat's death, his father Danel cursed the land and performed mourning rites for seven years. The killing of his divinely granted son set Danel against the will of the goddess.
Danel hosted Baal with a seven-day feast, after which Baal interceded before El on Danel's behalf, securing divine aid so that Danel might father a son.
In the Aqhat legend (KTU 1.17), Danel prayed to El for a son. El granted his petition, blessing Danel with the birth of Aqhat through divine favor.
In the Aqhat epic (KTU 1.17), the Kathirat were summoned to Danel's household for seven days to ensure his wife's conception of the hero Aqhat, acting as divine midwives of fertility.
In the Aqhat epic, the Kathirat who attend Yarikh's wedding also appear to assist Danel and his wife in conceiving Aqhat, linking Yarikh's marriage narrative to the broader cycle of Ugaritic heroic mythology.
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