Kirta's a legendary Hurrian king. He's thought to have founded the dynasty of Mitanni, but no contemporary inscriptions from his time are known to exist. He may have lived around 1500 BC. The Epic of Keret from the clay tablets of Ugarit tells the story of the near-extinction of the royal house of Keret. All of his children died and his wife "departed." In a dream, the creator god, El, instructs him to appeal for help from the rain god, Baal, and then launch an expedition to find a new wife. He… (More on Kirta)