Yam- Canaanite GodDeity"Judge River"
Also known as: Yamm and Nahar
Description
Yam sent messengers to the assembly of the gods and demanded that Baal be handed over as his slave. El agreed. But Baal did not kneel — he took the enchanted clubs Kothar had forged, and with the second blow he broke the sea god and scattered him across the earth. Prince Sea fell, and the storm god took his throne.
Mythology & Lore
Prince Sea
Yam's name means "Sea." His titles, Prince Sea and Judge River, claimed both royal status and judicial authority. In the Baal Cycle, El favors him. When Yam demands sovereignty, the supreme god grants it and declares that Baal is Yam's servant. Baal cannot simply inherit kingship. He must fight for it, and the sea god stands in his way.
The Two Clubs
Yam sends messengers to the divine assembly demanding that El hand over Baal as his slave. El complies. But Baal refuses to submit.
Kothar-wa-Khasis forges two enchanted clubs and names them with incantations that give them purpose. The first, Yagrush ("Chaser"), strikes Yam between the shoulders. The sea god staggers but does not fall. The second, Aymur ("Driver"), crashes upon his skull. Prince Sea goes down. Baal scatters him across the earth.
Yam's servant was the seven-headed sea dragon Lotan, "the twisting serpent," "the fleeing serpent." Anat boasts of defeating both: the god and the monster that coiled beneath him.