Crime Scene: The Tale of Aqhat
Across
- 3. Seasonal affliction possibly allegorized by the myth
- 5. Hero whose refusal of a divine offer leads to tragedy
- 8. Final resting place of a divine artifact
- 9. Realm of the gods, invoked in prayer
- 14. Judge and king who prays for a child
- 15. People ruled by Danel
- 16. Act repeated by Danel in hopes of divine favor
- 18. Supreme deity who grants Danel a son
- 19. Lake possibly linked to Aqhat's burial
- 21. Goddess enraged by a mortal’s possession of a divine weapon
- 22. Bird linked to the aftermath of the murder
Down
- 1. Mourning sister who seeks vengeance
- 2. Weapon central to the tale’s conflict
- 4. Consequence of divine wrath and spilled blood
- 6. Assassin dispatched by a deity
- 7. Motive driving the final phase of the tale
- 10. Divine artisan and giver of enchanted weaponry
- 11. Expected agricultural event that never comes
- 12. City where the myth was recorded
- 13. Form taken in some versions by Aqhat’s killer
- 17. Scene marking Aqhat’s coming-of-age and divine tension
- 20. Number of days Danel sacrifices before being answered