#pidraya

[elizabeth-halime]

[chthonicdivinebard]

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.

Astral Religion and the Representation of Divinity: The Cases of Ugarit and Judah by Mark S Smith in “Magic in History: Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World” edited by Scott Noegel, Joel Walker, and Brannon Wheeler (p 189)

[elizabeth-halime]

Pidraya/Pidray/Peraya = Lightning goddess, daughter or wife of Ba'al, Arsay and Tallai's older sister.