Puġat

Puġat or Pughat (Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎙𐎚, romanized: pġt, Virolleaud, e.g. 2:15: connection to OT fem PN Puʿah) is a character in the Ugaritic poem of the Tale of Aqhat from Canaanite myth. Her name is the common noun for 'girl'. She is described as follows: "She who carries water / she who collects dew on her hair / she who knows the course of the stars."

Her main function is said to be "the cultivation of the wheat and vine." She avenges her brother Aqhat's death, following a Mesopotamian trope.

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