River
Sources & Ararat
Interestingly, there is evidence
that the dwelling place of the supreme Canaanite god El was
located at the source of the river Euphrates next to Mount Ararat.
In the Hittite-Canaanite Elkunirša myth, Elkunirša (= El, creator
of the earth) lives in a tent at the source of the Mala
river (Euphrates). This must also be in Armenia, since
El characteristically dwells on a mountain in the Ugaritic
texts.
H.A.
Hoffner, “The Elkunirsa Myth Reconsidered”, Revue Hittite
et Asianique 23 (1965), pp. 5-16.
ANET
p. 519.
H. Otten, “Ein kanaanäischer Mythus aus
Boğazköy”, MIO 1 (1953), pp. 125-50
E. Lipinski, “El’s Abode: Mythological
Traditions Related to Mount Hermon and to the Mountains of
Armenia”, OLP 2 (1971), pp. 13-69.
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