In the ancient Canaanite pantheon itself the four gods El, Asherah, Baal, and Anath stand out among all the other gods as a clearly recognizable divine family. Thanks to the major archaeological discovery of the Ugaritic tablets at Ras Shamra, near the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean, we have an exceptionally complete picture of the mythological world of the northern Canaanites in the 14th century B.C.E. The chief of all gods was El, the father god, often called "bull of his father." His wife Asherah, also referred to as "Lady Asherah of the Sea," was the mother of all other gods whom she suckled at her breasts. Their son Baal, also called Aliyan, Pince, King, and Rider of Clouds, was the god of rain, and fertility, who periodically died and again came to life. Their daughter Anath, usually referred to as the Virgin or the Maiden Anath, or simply as The Girl, was the goddess of love and female fecundity, as well as of the war and the hunt, who enjoyed fighting as much as she did love-making, was bloodthirsty, tempestuous and unrestrained.
The Hebrew Goddess p 120.
"And lo, Anath fights violently
She slays the sons of the two cities
She fights the people of the seashore
annihilates mankind of the sunrise.
Under her (flew) heads like vultures
Over her (flew) hands like locusts.
Mythologies p. 197
"Violently she smites and gloats,
Anat cuts them down and gazes;
Her liver exults in mirth. . . for she plunges her knees in the blood of the soldiers, her loins in the gore of the warriors, till she has had her fill of slaughtering in the house, of cleaving among the tables."
Women's p. 30
And behold, Anat fights in the valley, she slays between the two cities; she fights the people of the sea-coast. She destroys mankind of the sunrise. Under her are the heads like clods of dirt. Above her are the hands like locusts; like grasshoppers without number are the hands of soldiers, she hangs heads upon her back, she fastens hands in her girdle. To the knees she plunges in the blood of warriors, to the throat in gore of soldiers.
The Conflict p. 87
"Hearts and Hands" Pictures