Anat

Anat, or Anath, is a major northwest Semitic goddess.

In Ugarit
In the Ugaritic Baa Cycle, 'Anat is a violent war goddess and a virgin who is the sister and, according to a much disputed theory, the lover of the great god Ba'al Hadad. Ba'al is usually called the son of Dagon and sometimes the son of El, who addresses 'Anat as "daughter". Either relationship is probably figurative.

In a fragmentary passage from Ugarit, 'Anat appears as a fierce, wild, and furious warrior in battle, wading knee-deep in blood, striking off heads, cutting off hands, binding the heads to her torso and the hands to her sash, driving out the old men and townsfolk with her arrows, her heart filled with joy.

In Egypt
Anat first appears in Egypt in the 16th dynasty along with other northwest Semitic deities. She was especially worshipped in her aspect as a war goddess, often paired with the goddess Astarte. In the Contest Between Horus and Set, these two goddesses appear as the daughters of Ra and are given as allies to the god Set, who had been identified with the Semitic god Hadad.

On inscription from Memphis of 15th to 12th centuries BCE, Anat is called the daughter of Ptah. She is associated with Resheph in some texts and is sometimes identified with the native Egyptian goddess Neith. She is sometimes called "Queen of Heaven". Her iconography varies but she is usually shown carrying one or more weapons.