The head god mourns over his dead son, baal. He made incisions in his body to bring blood with a sharp stone. That was part of the way of capturing the attention of showing mourning. The consequences for all of this is that there's more drought and famine because bal is dead. So it's with this deal that mot allows bal to come and rule in the sky six months of the year, and then to hes he has to return to the underground six months ofthe year. And that's the way the canaanites explain the seasons and the rain cycle. When baal has been leased out of the underworld and can give life again. During the dry season,

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