#pidraya

The second tier of Gods have Their own households as well. Athirat's sons are said to have Their own houses, according to Baal's complaint (KTU 1.3 IV 48 and elsewhere). This presentation presumes that while El may be patriarch of the clan, the family-heads have houses of Their own. Within these households are families with a "baal" at their head. Accordingly, every male family authority ideally might have His own house. In the mythological material, Baal has not only His military retinue but also three "daughters" (bt), namely, Pidray, 'Arsay, and Tallay, evidently reflecting His meteorological and chthonic aspects. The designation bt may not merely be a term for "woman," since 1.24.26-27 refers to Baal as the Father of Pidray. In a further familial construct, Mot refers to His own brothers as well as Baal's (1.5 I 22-25, II 21-24; 1.6 V 19-22, VI 10-16); the God's comments apparently point to the households with these two Gods as their most prominent members.