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Puġat
Ugaritic mythological figure / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Puġat or Pughat (Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎙𐎚, romanized: pġt, Virolleaud, e.g. 2:15: connection to OT fem PN Puʿah[1]) is a character in the Ugaritic poem of the Tale of Aqhat from Canaanite myth. Her name is the common noun for 'girl'. She is described as follows: "She who carries water / she who collects dew on her hair / she who knows the course of the stars."[2]
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Her main function is said to be "the cultivation of the wheat and vine."[3] She avenges her brother Aqhat's death, following a Mesopotamian trope.