Abstract
Ugaritic politics at the very end of the Bronze Age was not monolithic. It is assumed that even the famous poet andscribe Ilimilku, with his relatively radical work, pursued a realpolitical goal, i.e., the encouragement of the feminine element in the Ugaritic internal political struggle.
Nearly everywhere, we can see a great, powerful lady behind a rathercheeky and failed masculine hero (Anat and Baal, Octavia and Jassibu, Pughat and Aqhatu, the queen and the king). The various genres of Ugaritic literature (myth, epic, correspondence, ritual) seem to conrm that it was the Ugaritic queen,perhaps Thariyelli, whose interests he wanted to promote.