The Kathirat's seven-day stay in Danel's home in KTU 1.17 ensured the conception and birth of the hero Aqhat, making them the divine agents responsible for bringing the epic's protagonist into the world.
In the Aqhat epic, Baal interceded before El on Danel's behalf, leading to El's dispatch of the Kathirat. Baal's advocacy and the Kathirat's midwifery together brought about Aqhat's birth.
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.
El dispatched the Kathirat to assist Danel in the Aqhat epic after granting his petition for a son. The Kathirat served as agents of El's blessing, carrying out his decree of fertility.
The Kathirat attended Nikkal's wedding to Yarikh in KTU 1.24, serving as divine marriage attendants who sang the hymn blessing the union and ensuring the bride's future fertility.
The Kathirat (divine midwife-singers) attended the wedding of Yarikh and Nikkal in KTU 1.24, singing the marriage hymn and blessing the union of the moon god and the orchard goddess.
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