El, thoroughly intimidated, readily let go of himself—after all, before such a powerhouse, he had no ability to resist whatsoever. He might as well be cooperative.
"Looks like even my little tricks can catch the Divine King's eye." Don Juan gave a slight bow. "Then we have a basis for discussion—about how your daughter threatened you and your son sidelined you?"
"...You even know about that?" El had thought the matter of his daughter Anat threatening him and forcing him to pass the throne to Baal was extremely secret.
In fact, in Canaanite mythology, although the Divine King El and his three sons all appeared powerful—especially Baal, who was rather famous—the truly ruthless one was Anat.
Anat was Baal's sister and lover, a brave young goddess. Passionate, uninhibited, arrogant, combative, and utterly unscrupulous, she was the goddess of hunting, fertility, and war.
Beside this sister-and-lover goddess, the great god Baal was merely a pretty boy, a despicable wretch:
Though both were children of the father god El, El preferred the sea god Yam over Baal. In order to gain the right of succession, Baal bound El in El's palace upon his sacred mountain—Mount Zaphon—then wounded and castrated him.
By such means, Baal effectively seized El's sacred mountain and authority, forcing El to hide at the end of the rivers, in the valleys of the abyss. From then on, Baal, the new god who ruled the world, dwelled atop the cosmic sacred mountain—Mount Zaphon. El, meanwhile, lived at the end of the world.
Sorrowful over his fate, El begged his children to avenge him. His eldest son, the sea god Yam, heard El's lament and gave him a cup of strong wine. El then declared Yam his heir, laying the groundwork for the struggle between Baal and Yam.
In the struggle