Puġat

For woman from the life of Moses, see Shiphrah and Puah.

Puġat or Pughat (Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎙𐎚, romanized: pġt, Virolleaud, e.g. 2:15: connection to the woman's personal name Puʿah) is a character in the Ugaritic poem of the Tale of Aqhat in Canaanite religion. Her name is the common noun for 'girl' and she and Aqhat are the children of Danel, a man of Rpʼu, which is either a deity or a clan that might be linked to Rephah, the Ephraimite clan. She is described as follows: "She who carries water / she who collects dew on her hair / she who knows the course of the stars."

Her main function is said to be "the cultivation of the wheat and vine." She avenges her brother Aqhat's death, following the Mesopotamian trope of Anat.

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