"... This theme, so important for each of the ancestral cycles, also proves to be the primary theme of both epic poems found at Ugarit, the Aqhat and Kirta Epics. In the Aqhat Epic, Daniel, a righteous judge (probably king), earnestly seeks help from the gods to obtain an heir. His patron deity, Baal, comes before the council of the gods, with El presiding, and urges El to grant Daniel and his wife a son. El agrees to bless the couple, and they do have a son, Aqhat. In the Kirta Epic, the hero's family has been wiped out at the beginning of the story. The devastated Kirta falls asleep, weeping, on his bed. In his sleep, El appears to him and gives him instructions on how to win the hand of the beautiful Hurraya, daughter of the king of Udm, in marriage. El and the other gods attend the wedding, and El pronounces a blessing upon the couple: Hurraya will bear Kirta seven/eight sons. It is clear in both stories that granting an heir to the hero is strictly the prerogative of El. Baal, although intimately involved in the fertility of the earth, cannot provide children to humans ..."