Anat boasts in KTU 1.3 III of slaying Lotan (Litan), the twisting serpent with seven heads. Both Anat and Baal are credited with this feat in different Ugaritic passages.
Baal slew Lotan (Litan), the seven-headed sea serpent, according to Ugaritic texts (KTU 1.5 I 1-3). This feat parallels Yahweh's defeat of Leviathan in biblical tradition.
Baal's slaying of the sea dragon Lotan vindicated the line of Dagon. The defeat of this primordial chaos monster secured the cosmic order that allowed Dagon's grain to flourish.
Baal's slaying of Lotan, the seven-headed sea dragon, was part of the cosmic victory that established his right to rule from Mount Zaphon. The defeat of primordial chaos secured the sacred mountain's divine order.
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