271:. The safety of Tallay and Pidray appears to be his main concern in this passage, but there is no evidence that they actually were in danger, as there is no reference to either of the goddesses being kidnapped or escaping in the remaining sections of the text. Later, when Baal receives instructions pertaining to the descent to the underworld, he is told to take Tallay, as well as Pidray, with him. They are however not mentioned in the subsequent part of the narrative dealing with his return to the land of the living. In all of these passages, Pidray is listed before Tallay, which most likely indicates she was understood as the more important goddess.
202:. Most likely she was specifically associated with dew, as indicated by her name, and with light rain. Tallay's character as a weather deity is sometimes also used as an argument in favor of assigning such a role to her sisters, but the evidence in favor of regarding Pidray as a weather goddess is considered weak and it is entirely lacking in the case of Arsay, who was most likely associated with the underworld instead.
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230:, "perfect brides." It has been argued that this title designates them as the wives of Baal, but this conclusion is not universally accepted due to existence of evidence on the contrary, such as Pidray's status as an unmarried goddess in another text and the fact that on lexical grounds there is no clear evidence that
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219:, Arsay is listed alongside them only once, and in offering lists she functions entirely on her own. On this basis, Steve A. Wiggins suggests that the three of them were not necessarily considered a triad, and likely had independent roles in
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Unlike Pidray and Arsay, Tallay does not appear in any offering lists. However, Steve A. Wiggins argues that since dew played a significant role in the life of farmers in
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