#inanna icons

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i do believe in inanna superiority btw

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INANNA SARKIS icons

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🌱 - Do they have a green thumb or are they a plant killer? 💀 - How do they feel about horror movies? 💓 - What are some signs they’ve fallen for someone? How do they show their affection? \\ for Inanna

🌱 - Do they have a green thumb or are they a plant killer?

Inanna definitely has a green thumb. Her father is a botanist and passed his craft on to her, and she grew up beneath the boughs of the Black Shroud. Though she does not actually have many plants of her own, owing mostly to her nomadic lifestyle, she has a knack for figuring out what ails the plants around her and is an excellent gardener and botanist.

💀 - How do they feel about horror movies?

In alternate universes, Inanna would love horror movies. The more psychological or supernatural the film, the better, though she does also love campy flicks and hack and slash films. She makes for a fun movie watching partner, her reactions always worth paying attention to. She doesn't get scared by just any cheap jumpscare, but when she does get scared, her feline features are very expressive.

💓 - What are some signs they’ve fallen for someone? How do they show their affection?

She's actually quite good at hiding her feelings, mostly because she rarely lets herself acknowledge them. Vulnerability is a dangerous thing in her line of work. So to the untrained eye, her heart seems quite impenetrable. But this is far from the truth.

The Warrior of Light shares her heart with many of those closest to her, her capacity for love almost limitless. When she was little, her mother would often laughingly say she falls a little in love with everyone she meets, which is how she ended up eventually meeting Inanna's Maman, Sélene. Her parents taught her that love is not something to be limited, but should instead be shared.

As far as signs go, Inanna's are all body language. She keeps her distance naturally from most people, and carefully preserves her personal space. Around those she is most comfortable with, however, she almost subconsciously drifts into their space, her affections manifesting through body language. Small brushes, arm against arm and hand against hand; leaning her head on the object of her affections' shoulder; brushing her tail against their hand or curling it around their leg subconsciously; trusting them enough to fall asleep around them; etc.

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[Image description: Nine icons. Each one shows a different character on the non-binary flag. They are, in order, Jess Chambers (AKA The Flash) from DC Comics, BMO from Adventure Time, Kantam Sy from the Star Wars comics, The Aerie from DC Comics, Venom from Marvel, Lee Serrano from DC Comics, Lynari Lili’alo from DC Comics, Zahid (AKA Inanna) from Wicked + The Divine, and Barney from Lumberjanes. End description.]

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The goddesses of ancient Greece also displayed the characteristics of flesh and blood menstruants: Medusa, her hair writhing with vaginal snakes, had an ability that was also imputed to menstruants in some cultures: she turned living things to stone with her gaze. She is the menstruant naked, out of control, without protective cosmetikos. Gaia, the earth, was a chasm guarded by a great python. Long-tressed Demeter was also the earth, and her daughter Kore, or Persephone, the maiden, was portrayed holding the menstrual pomegranate. Kore disappeared and her mother went to look for her—a common menarchal drama for some peoples. Hera was "the bride," dressed austerely in long gowns. Hecate was the dark moon, portrayed as an old woman. At Sumer, alabaster statues of the large-eyed moon goddess Ningal were dressed, fed, and washed; even the urbane goddess Inanna was portrayed in one statuette holding a scratching stick, adorned with the cosmetikos of a temple courtesan.

Frequently ancient figurines portray two women together, sometimes melded like Siamese twins, side by side. Often these "dolls" wear skirts, eye and lip makeup, and hoop earrings. Frequently they are stained red. Similar dolls are still made for girls to play with in North Africa, India, and parts of the Middle East. Some of the modern dolls are of a man and woman side by side. My guess is that the paired icons were originally two sisters, representing synchronous flow. The dolls, I was told vehemently by the import shop clerk, have nothing to do with lesbianism, and I'm certain that in any current patriarchal religious system, that is true. But in more female-centered older societies, the Andean, for example, and in many parts of Western society, homosexual relations have a rightful, appropriate, and even sacred place. It thus seems significant that in the south of India, among goddess-worshiping Tamils of the Untouchable caste, a name for lesbian lover is "sister-sister."

Many goddess mythologies feature two creation sisters. Pele, the Hawaiian volcanic fire goddess who creates the earth's surface, has a sister who is "Sea Mist." Among the Pueblos, sister goddesses Naotsete and Uretsete create objects under a blanket they hold between them. Sometimes one sister dwells in the world below, "in the shade," the place of the dark moon, while the other rules above, as with Egyptian Isis and her underworld sister Nepthys. The oldest known menstrual narrative of the meetings of two such sisters is the Sumerian poem, "The Descent of Inanna to the Underworld," whose metaformic meanings I will decipher later. A Caribbean proverb summarizes an ancient attitude of female "flow": "When a woman loves another woman, it is the blood of the Mother speaking."

-Judy Grahn, Blood, Bread, and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World

[ultravioletqueen]

Why lilith is not a feminist icon

Even if I consider Lilith a fascinating character at the level of stories, I must admit that the way in which they have deformed a "feminist icon" makes me quite angry because she is the complete opposite of a feminist in all the stories she appears in.

Lilith is the mother of lies, the one who generates inhuman labor pains in women (for her sadistic enjoyment) and who even came to eat babies who only were safe from her clutches using special amulets, she is never shown as a good person or like a loving mother, we are only shown a capricious woman who does not like that God/Adam does not fulfill her wishes and decides to curse humanity out of pure resentment.

Lilith is a sinister woman, and that's why I love her, she represents the darkest side of femininity and is the perfect opposite of Eve in the same way that Lucifer is the perfect opposite of Adam, but it irritates me a lot that they make her a feminist just because she's a "rebel" when her actions against women are horrible.

Do you know who are true feminist icons?

1)aradia: from Italian folklore, aradia is the mother of magic and mother of witches, who taught magic to women to defend themselves from the church, she instructed these women at a time when they needed protection, plus she was also Known as "the freer of slaves" since one of her offerings was the liberation of these people, an idol and true girls girl.

2)artemis: even is she has some moments where we could consider her volatile she protects the women and nymphs under her care, in some myths she turned calysto into a bear to PROTECT her from hera's wrath and was FURIOUS with her for calysto's death, she also saved iphigenie from being sacrificed in some versions of her myth and even make her a priestess! She is a protector.

3)Isis:a powerful Egyptian goddess who was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife, but also a magician, healer, and protector. She was one of the most important deities in the ancient Egyptian pantheon and one of the best mothers!

4)Inanna,the Sumerian goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, justice, and political power. She was one of the most prominent and complex female deities in Mesopotamian mythology.

5)Freyja:the Norse goddess of love, beauty, fertility, gold, magic , war, and death, She was an independent and powerful figure who commanded great respect.

6)Parvati - the Hindu goddess of fertility, love, and devotion. She was a strong-willed partner to the god Shiva and played an important role in Hindu mythology.

In conclusion: lilith is not a good example of what feminism means, there's goddess and figures that really should be more known as feminist icons instead of characters like lilith, circe or medea, they're not worthy of being called "feminist" just for being morally gray or for being what people considers as "girlbosses".

[caustic-caffeine]

Art fight prep thread

i’ll be periodically adding to this as i, well, do my prep for what will be my third art fight! there’s a number of things i need to do:

make references for the ocs that will be on my page (francis, maddox, cecie, iarmys, inanna, and ayelet (ayelet is @boxxed-upkr ‘s)) (three are done, but i may redo two of them..)

make icons for the above characters

make lil chibis of the above charas to sit on my home profile page

after teams are announced, make borders for this year’s attack icons

hunt down a person to do an 800 level revenge chain with, to try to be in the top 3 longest chains of the year

if possible, revamp the toyhouse pages of the public characters there

strikedown = completed

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caustic.caffeine’s art fight info

scene hitlist // revenge chain hitlist will be a long one!! aiming to be one of the top three longest chainers this year!

art fight profile: https://artfight.net/~caustic-caffeine

team: tbd! but i don’t mind friendly fires!

my characters: aside from one, all are humanoids! they exist within a dark fantasy/steampunk setting with healthy helpings of the occult, macabre, and otherwise potentially unsettling ✨on each of their profiles they have links to toyhouse pages with art storage and more info about their lore! references are a work in progress and a few characters i have hidden right now may be unhidden before art fight starts

who i’ll attack: in order of most likely to least likely! mutuals > characters on my hitlists > characters with themes i enjoy > beginner artists/people new to art fight/people with high attack ratios (hmu if that applies to you!) > people who attacked me first > bookmarks > everyone else

other notes: check out my socials for examples of my art! i occasionally dabble in animation, both frame by frame and tweening. if it means anything, i’m an autistic lgbtq+ disabled metalhead 😎. more about me on my site

examples of art range from late 2023 up to a few days ago

[thescarlettbitch]

Rating songs on Inanna's Playlist

Inanna is like me, in that she enjoys a wide variety of music, some surprised me. Some did not.

I Eat Boys Like You For Breakfast by Riot Grrrl Sessions - 10/10 absolute banger, perfect amount of feminine rage

Bottom of the River by Delta Rae - 9/10 spooky witch vibes, feels like the ancestors are singing along

I'm so Hot by Chrissy Chlapecka - 10/10 she loves a good love yourself song

Praying Mantis by FKA Rayne - 10/10 a banger she likes biting the heads off of predators

Man's World by Marina - 10/10 I don't wanna live in a man's world anymore

All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You by Halestorm - 100/10 Halestorm is my top artist on Spotify for two years in a row and this song is about having sex and falling in love.

Freak by Zand - 100/10 YES queer energy at its FINEST QUEER ANGER <3

How Do Girls Even Do It by Childbirth - lesbians making fun of straight guys asking how they have sex 100000/10

Have Mercy by The Judds - 5/10 good song, total genre shift and it's about begging a man to have mercy and stop treating the woman like shit? I don't know why she likes it

Pink Push-Up Bra by Scene Queen - 100/10 she loves all of her music it's feminine and also angry

So American by Olivia Rodrigo - 10/10 she loves love songs, and she likes that I (an american) associate the song with my fiancé (british)

Raspberry Beret by Prince - 10/10 the vibes are immaculate queer icon singing about sex

Deeper Than The Holler by Randy Travis - also a love song 10/10 country does love songs better I'm not sorry this is one I sing to my fiancé all the time

World Burn from The Mean Girls Broadway musical - 10/10 revenge!!! Feminine rage!!

Do You Wanna Touch by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - 100000/10 sex song beautiful I love Joan Jett

Lunch by Bilkie Eilish - 10/10 wlw unite <3

Respect by Aretha Franklin - 1000/10 I love it she loves it it's beautiful

Time Warp from Rocky Horror Picture Show - queer icon movie musical from the 70s perfect 10/10 she loves watching the movie I love the movie and also associate it with my fiancé

Labour by Paris Paloma - 10/10 she loves the cacophony version too

FU In My Head by CloudyJune - 10/10 songs about women admiting their fantasies <333

[the-fire-within0]

Hey idk your history or anything but Lilith is closed to non-Jewish people.

Hey there, anon. I'm open to discussing Lilith, but whether Lilith is a closed practice for non-Jewish people is a bit complicated. First, I'm not sure about your background. Second, I don't know your intentions behind asking. Third, I'm unsure about your research on Lilith or your own beliefs. I'm not trying to be rude; I just want to clarify a few things before we proceed to avoid any potential misunderstandings.

I believe it's important to understand Lilith both as a specific figure and as a symbolic one. Although I rarely engage with Lilith in my practice, I acknowledge her occasional presence. While modern portrayals frequently depict Lilith as a feminist icon and "goddess of fertility," or "mother goddess," these views do not trace back to traditional beliefs about her or what she was associated with. She is represented as the complete opposite of these newer tellings.

Regarding that, there is archaeological evidence of Aramaic incantation bowls and amulets used in Semitic regions to ward off Lilith or demons. She is a demon associated with lust, miscarriage, and child abduction, with her name's etymology linked to screech owls, night bird, night creature and the night ("laylah," Hebrew). She is primarily a figure in Jewish apocryphal works. However, it is possible that the inspiration for Lilith came from the Mesopotamian demonic goddess Lamashtu, who in which, bears much resemblance to her.

In Mesopotamian mythology, "Lil," "Lilītu," (Akkadian) "Lilû" (masculine version) refers to a group of disease-bearing wind spirits/demons rather than a single demon. Additionally, the image on the Burney Relief plaque is unlikely to be Lilith, as scholars have suggested that it might represent Inanna/Ishtar or her sister Ereshkigal instead. Another aspect to mention is that "ardat-lilî" refers to the ghosts of young women who died without experiencing sexual fulfillment or marriage. Therefore, they would attempt to seduce young men. The term "ardat-lilî" translates to "maiden lilî"/"phantom bride." They were described as a troubled and restless spirit associated with negative sexuality and the wind. They are suggested to be a form of succubi, believed to possess the ability to fly and enter houses through windows. There's a bit more of an explanation of ardat-lilî within the book Women in the Ancient Near East. (You can just ctrl + F to search keywords).

Another thing to point out that Lilith within the Hebrew bible is only mentioned once in

Isaiah 34:14, NRSV, "Wildcats shall meet with hyenas; goat-demons shall call to each other; there also Lilith shall repose and find a place to rest."

However with this translation alone, scholars suggest that it is associated a type or class of demon (similar to the Lilītu). Lilith can also be identified in the Dead Sea Scrolls as a "singular entity" but there isn't much detail that goes further than that.

11QpsAp, "And I, the Sage, sound the majesty of His beauty to terrify and confound all the spirits of destroying angels and the bastard spirits, the demons, Lilith. . ., and those that strike suddenly, to lead astray the spirit of understanding, and to make desolate their heart."

In this translation, there is a reference to Lilith in the Songs of the Sage (4Q510–511). For more information about 4Q510-511.

In rabbinic literature, the Babylonian Talmud, during the exile, Lilith poses much more of a threat to men if they were to sleep alone,

Shabbat 151b, "It is prohibited to sleep alone in a house, and anyone who sleeps alone in a house will be seized by the evil spirit Lilith."

There are mentions of the appearance of lilith (lower-cased on purpose), with depictions of having long hair and wings.

Niddah 24b, "Rav Yehuda says that Shmuel says: In the case of a woman who discharges a fetus that has the form of a lilith, a female demon with wings and a human face, its mother is impure with the impurity of a woman after childbirth, as it is a viable offspring, only it has wings."

The notion of Lilith as the "first woman" primarily stems from satirical literature like the Alphabet of Ben Sira.

Honestly, interpret this however you like. There are countless theories, different ways to interpret texts, and various personal beliefs. Even if you see everything as just lessons and don't take it seriously, that's your choice. If someone wants to explore and learn about Lilith or liliths, I'm personally not opposed to it—as long as they understand her/their exact origins. Some people practice demonolatry or just conduct extensive research in demonology, so it's hard to make definitive statements. That's why I find it complicated to say that an entity, demon, deity, or anything similar is closed. Additionally, converting to Judaism is NOT an easy process. From what I know, Jewish people would not want to work with demons. They would prefer to ward them off or avoid any involvement with them altogether, and or whatever their standpoint might be since not one individual is the same.

It's also important to note that Lilith isn't part of Christian theology (this goes to anyone just learning, honestly). The Christianized version of Lilith I'd like to think is very washed-down or "declawed."

If you'd like to discuss any potential errors in my statements, feel free to reach out. Please provide relevant links to support your points, and avoid generalizing one person's opinion as representative of everyone or an entire group, not only that, it's good to be respectful while discussing, that's all I would ask and kindly appreciate.

There are so much more information in terms of Lilith, with which you can look at through these links since it's a lot harder to fit everything into one post:

A good video to learn from too can be the video from Dr. Justin Sledge/ESOTERICA called Who is Lilith - First Wife of Adam - Ancient Origins and Development of the Myth of the Demon Queen:

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ROUND 2: POLL #19

Baal x Inanna art by Kris Anka

ROUND 2 POLLS [HERE]

PROPAGANDA BELOW

Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin:

Illya and Napoleon just looking good together in the recent version and the old one

Baal/Inanna:

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Soooo tragic you have to love it

[sag-dab-sar]

Sorry i blocked u i was very upset at the hatred(miso) of synchretism i see on here. i’m jewish i don’t need their or anyone elses opinion on Open vs Closed. i don’t think nonjews need their opinions either. though you are keen to summon them. as a sumerian polytheist i disagree that Lilith has no place to be deified up from her demonic origins. I believe Inanna may forgive her for shitting up in that tree. I agree that pseudohistorical declarations are laughable but i dont think theyre harmful in religious context. We don’t go after the exodus lie, and shouldnt! Why any modern mythologies about lilith? Fraudulent behavior! Recreating christian persecution in a way.

I love lilith and to me lilith is as free as the chill of the swift starkissed winds! Despite our differences I pray may Peace be upon you :3

I have no problems with you blocking me, please block people like me if we upset you. My unease was being blocked after someone asked an open ended accusatory question—which I now realize you didn't do. I didn't realize that you used the word misosyncretism, I have dyslexia and misunderstood and thought you were saying I was a misogynist so I am sorry for that misunderstanding and will erase those tags.

🔹Not Needing Opinions🔹

If you don't need anyone's opinion on whether or not something is closed don't reblog a post saying a particular thing is open. You are inviting dissenting opinions— whether its from Jews or non-Jews— when you reblog someone else's post with your own opinion. If you don't want to discuss open vs closed then simply ignore posts that say Lilith is closed, block people who say she is closed, do whatever, but don't engage if it makes you upset.

People are going to have opinions and, again, my opinion is that Lilith is closed based on numerous Jewish voices I have listened to. I recognize not every person in a group is going to agree with each other because no group is a monolith, but I do my best to listen to the voices of a paticular culture and come to a conclusion.

🔹My Opinion🔹

Yes, I am "very keen to summon" my own opinions because its my blog. If I reblog and add to a post I'm giving an opinion... thats kind of the point of blogging.

My conclusion is that non-Jews worship Lilith as a part of cultural Christianity, an ahistorical mythology they refuse to admit is modern, ignore all open entities that still fit the bill, and I see a lot of antisemitism among them. As well as a lot of Islamaphobia & Chrsitophobia. It is a form of cultural appropriation for their own comfort because they cannot be bothered to learn actual history.

My observation is that the majority of Lilith worshippers don't actually care about Lil-demons, they use the demons as a tool to try and validate their worship as something rooted in a non-Jewish historical tradition, when it is not. Lil demons are a convenient excuse. In reality they cling to her because they see her as a feminist icon who stood up the the Big Bad Misogynistic Abrahamic God™.

There is no need for non-Jews to worship a Jewish figure ahistorically when there are plenty of actual Ancient Near Eastern Goddesses who are open.

Thats my opinion. Its what I'm standing by.

🔹Pseudo-history🔹

Now again, I'm not going to try and argue from the Jewish side it is not my place. But I can and will argue from a Sumerian Polytheism and accuracy in history side.

Lilith is not a member of the Lil demons, she is not Ardat-Lilî even if there are some similarities. I show information about Lil-demons here and they are not Lilith. Syncretism is not the problem that was common in the Ancient Near East— Inana, Nanaya, Ištar, Šaušga— as one example. There may be some connection between Lilith and Ardat Lilî: mainly influencing the characterization of the Hebrew Lilith in the Book of Isaiah, but there is no evidence they are one in the same. There is no evidence they were ever considered one in the same by any ancient people or traditions. The issue isn't syncretism its pseudo-history.

They were not syncretic in history. Lil demons come from Mesopotamian tradition which spans the 4th millennium BCE to the 1st millennium BCE; while the Sumerian language continued as a liturgical language for quite some time the Sumerian Civilization ended circa 2000-1700 BCE. Aside from the extremely minor mention in Isiah 34:14, the story most Lilith worshippers base her on comes from a midrash written at some point during the 1st millennium CE. This is a significant time difference and people just seem to wipe away time differences as if they don't matter, or they simply can't wrap their head around them.

Pseudo-history absolutely can be harmful and I absolutely abhor pseudo history and always will. I literally have an entire tag, #letsdebunk , for it and its been apart of my blogging since I started in 2017.

"We don't go after the Exodus lie"

Plenty do, plenty of Jews debate the historicity of stories in Jewish literature including the Tanakh, as do many Christians when reading the 'Old Testament'. (Also I would call it a myth not a lie). But whether or not Exodus actually happened in history is very different than making things up and claiming that it was a real religion and real mythology people once believed. Saying "Exodus is a story in the Tanakh and Old Testament and it says [insert story]," is different than saying "Lilith was originally a Sumerian Goddess of love and war," when she wasn't.

You are comparing apple to oranges. The fake history around Lilith is more akin to saying something like "Exodus is a story about how an ancient Egyptian God punished Egyptians for there bad deeds and Jewish slaves escaped while their was chaos and then they found a tribe worshiping a God named YHWH and adopted the religion of that tribe" <- that is not the story of Exodus its abunch of made up bullshit. Made up bullshit is what I consider most modern neo-pagan/left hand path/witch claims about Lilith.

Pseudo-history is used to culturally appropriate many things not just Lilith. It has many problems:

It's used to make bigoted claims against Jews, such as "the Jews killed Jesus" which is historically factually wrong and one of the most damaging sources of antisemitism in history.

Bigotry against Christians, by claiming their only role in history is oppression and the silencing of any Christian voices including POC the world over. Like the dumb St Patrick pagan persecution story which is listed as a false meme by Snopes but shows up as a real belief among neo-pagans. This is also extremely dangerous towards African Diaspora Religions that are syncretized with Christianity, as just one example of how Christophobia is dangerous.

Bigotry against Muslims, by claiming they have solely been a patriarchal oppressor that made no advancements to humanity and only offer "violent jihadism." Which is false and ignores actual Islamic history because real history is very inconvenient for the narrative

Its used to validate bullshit like the Burning Times, blood based witchcraft lineage, and a false sense of persecution among modern neo-pagans. A completely toxic belief.

Its used by feminists who claim a unsubstantiated matriarchal pre-historic religion destroyed by evil patriarchy. They use it to deny anyone who isn't a cis-woman from Goddess worship, witchcraft, and other neo-pagan traditions and claim transwomen and transfemmes are just another iteration of the evil patriarchy trying to taint there ancient Goddess faith. A faith that never existed. Pseudo-history as a tool of transphobia.

Its used by Wiccans and neo-pagans to ignore real Irish history. And add things like Ostara a made up holiday based on the Goddess "Ēsotre" of dubious historicity according to medieval historian Bede & Mabon's fabrication by Aiden Kelly based on the name of a Welsh folk hero.

Its used to fabricate stories about deities that may or may not be real, like Ēsotre mentioned above, and then connect her to the holiday of Easter, and then make a huge leap and connect that to real historical deities like Ištar. Which is also used as a false sense of persecution among neo-pagans.

It can be a weapon for racial/ethnic supremacists. For example, the idea that Hellenic Polytheism was a national religion unique to the Hellenes is pseudo-history used by the boarding on ethnic supremacist YSEE organization.

Not to mention all the horrific pseudo-history of the extremely antisemitic Satanism group that I won't name. That constantly claims Lucifer is a Sumerian God or whatever and spams the inboxes of neo-pagans/witches/polytheists.

Its used by new agers to validate their appropriation of traditions from Dharmic religions for their own inaccurate purposes.

Its used to support, often very racist, "ancient alien" claims.

I could keep going and going and going with fake history touted among neo-pagans, witches, polytheists, left hand path folk, occultists, and new agers that is dangerous but hopefully I've gotten my point across.

"Recreating Christian persecution in a way"

If its not abundantly clear from my above examples pseudo-history is used to fabricate a lot of Christian persecution claims that have serious negative impacts. I don't even know what you mean by this so honestly I'm not going to try arguing against it.

Bottom line: pseudo-history absolutely is harmful in a religious context.

🔹Sumerian Polytheism🔹

As for "deifying" her up in Sumerian Polytheism. No I am 100% against that. Don't deify up demons and claim its still Sumerian polytheism because it isn't— its modern demonolatry.

First, Lilith isn't Sumerian.

Second, demons have their place in Sumerian cosmology and I'm not going to deify them. If a demon was honored, such as Pazuzu, then I many honor them. But I will not view Sumerian/Mesopotamian demons as Diĝir.

Third, I am a revivalist with a heavy reconstructionist approach, I value the real history of Ancient Near Eastern religions, cosmologies, and mythologies with a particular focus on Sumerian times (Ur III and prior) for my own faith.

This means I will always stand against pseudo-history, debunk claims, and defend actual ANE & Sumerian history. Ancient cultures deserve to be respected and not lied about. Pseudo-history is a lie.

🔹Last Thoughts🔹

Please do not pray to Lilith for me the mention in the ask made me feel uncomfortable.

Just like the "recreating Christian persecution" sentence in your ask I don't understand the "fraudulent behavior" statement so I can't really address it.

Tone clarification: The tone of this post is meant to be informative and explanatory not hostile and argumentative.

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TL;DR Lil demons are not Lilith. Lilith is Jewish and I stand by my opinion that she is apart of a closed tradition. Pseudo-history is dangerous and I will always reject it.

EDIT: After reading their tags on this (x) and their rhetoric in the first reply to this post I think its better for me to not interact with this person. So I've decided to block. They've stated their stance and its literally just strawman arguments, many false equivalences, and whataboutisms; I have no time or patience for that. But this post is still useful as a rebuke against pseudo- history in our communities so I'll leave it up, I worked hard on it. I also deleted the original response post since it's redundant now. [Edit 2] The person has been extremely ableist towards me more than once, threatened me, tried to bypass my blocks, wished violent death on me more than once. I did report them and tumblr took one of their posts down... which is not enough but I won't waste my time trying to get tumblr moderators to do their job.

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[gamerbot-22]

Arcana LIs with an MC who has an Undercut

DNI

So I'm comin out of my hiatus a bit more officially with this hc list from my drafts! I have a few more ideas, as well as the third and final part to my MC with Plague Flashbacks series (Part 1 here, cough (I am so sorry to @/dameschnee123 for taking so long--))

This is super self indulgent, I started writing this not long after I got an undercut of my own. To anyone reading this who's considering an undercut get one I am so goddamn serious I love it so much.

C & TWs Include: A lil spicy (mentions of neck kisses) but nothing super explicit. Mentions of botching a haircut with a knife, but no mention of any specific wounds.

You know the drill, hcs under the cut!

🔮 Asra

- Thinks you look amazing! - Asks occasionally if it’s okay for them to touch it cause he likes the texture and the sound of it. - Jokes about getting one themself, but he’d never really give up the iconic marshmallow fluff hairstyle they’ve got going on. - Keeps pitching the idea of you getting different patterns whenever you go to get it cut again. - “Really, just picture it: you lift up your hair and surprise! It’s a little snake in a wizard hat!”

👑 Nadia

- Instantly reminded of Nahara and her side shave. - Gets really jealous of how cool your neck must be in the summer months. - Has to keep reminding herself that she can't just reach over and fluff you up without asking. (Even if you're ok with it happening unprompted, she wants to be proper about it.) - (This is a lil projection cause mine wasn't done super straight) but if you get it touched up and it doesn't fit your standards she'll insist on letting the palace barber touch it up. - "It's not an inconvenience at all, my dear! It's what we pay them for."

🩸 Julian

- Oh he used to have one of those! - When he was apprenticing under Nazali he kept his hair shorter, and part of that was having an undercut to keep the back of his neck cool. - Plays it so cool if you offer to let him touch it, but on the inside he is. Loosin it. - When you're cuddling he likes to stick his face in it and give you a couple kisses. He also likes to fake complain when it's fresh about how scratchy it is. - "Ah, you have to tell me when you get it touched up. It feels like I'm kissing a hedgehog."

🐻 Muriel

- I feel like he would find out you have one by accident? - Like you trip and when he grabs you by the back of the shirt to catch you he feels how short your hair is on your neck. - Will not touch it unless you give him express permission to. - Homeboy is super awkward for the first couple minutes cause he's so used to feeling Inanna's fur and he's pretty sure he shouldn't pet a human like he pets wolves. - "It's kinda nice, actually. I like the soft part at the top..."

🐱 Portia

- You gotta tell her where you got that done right now she wants one too. - She gets all sweaty running around the palace and town all day, she could use a little air on the back of her neck!! - The second you show it to her, she's asking to touch it. - She kinda scruffs you like a cat almost? Like that's the movement her hand is making against your head and it's way more comfortable than it sounds. - "Oh my god, I dunno how to describe it but this rules. Does it itch at all? I can scratch it if it does!"

🗡 Lucio

- How in trouble would he be if he tried to give himself an undercut to match yours? - Doesn't matter, within the week he's made an attempt and has failed miserably. - That's what happens when you try to give yourself an undercut with a knife and no adult supervision. - Makes you promise to come with him to the barber once his head recovers from the murder he just committed. - "If you're scared for me, I'll let you hold my hand when we go... No I'm not scared, I specifically said it was for you if you're scared! ... Ok, maybe I'm a little scared--"

[sumerianlanguage]

Hey,hey! So I'm writing a book and the main speech they use in prayer is Sumerian. I don't speak any of it and your blog is very helpful with this problem!

Is there a term for the Undead or things that come from the Underworld? I know there's a reference about the dead in it's mythology but is there a concrete word aside from me calling him "Kur's Eye"???

Hello! I've done a little searching and here's what I've got.

The most iconic reference to the Mesopotamian undead I know is in Ishtar's Descent to the Underworld (lines 20-21), in which Ishtar says the iconic threat "I will raise up the dead; they will devour the living, and the dead will outnumber the living", in Akkadian ušellâ mītūti ikkalū balṭūti, eli balṭūti ima’idū mītūti. The word for "the dead" here, mītūti, is from mītu, "dead", and is written 𒌀𒈨𒌍. Unfortunately, the section in which Ishtar says this is not present in the Sumerian version, Inanna's Descent, and the Sumerian reading of 𒌀𒈨𒌍 is simply udmesh "they are dead", from ud "death".

In Sumerian, the word for "the dead" as a collective unit is kuku 𒆪𒆪, but this has a more positive connotation, like "ancestors" might in English.

Another term that may be of use is gidim, "ghost", specifically of a person whose living relatives have failed to make appropriate offerings, and who has thus returned to the land of the living to cause disease and trouble. (This seems to have been misrepresented in a lot of modern media as "edimmu", but I can't find an actual ancient source for this version of the term.) Gidim is written 𒄇 in cuneiform.

As for "Kur's Eye", I'm not sure what that would mean, exactly, unless you're looking for a literal translation. Kur is one term for the underworld, so "Kur's eye" would be igikura, "eye of the ground"/"eye of the underworld", written 𒅆𒆳𒀀.

I hope that helps, and best of luck with your book!

[yamayuandadu]

First post about the Inanna story in a while, introducing a key character in the first arc, Ninimma, Enlil’s court archivist. Since there are no identified depictions of her, and she has no distinct iconography beyond presumably beind a scribe, I wanted to check if combinging the huge eyes of the Tell Asmar votive figures with the "iconic" Early Dynastic monobrow results in something passably glasses-like. As for everything else, see under the cut.

In terms of personality, I want to stick pretty close to the quirks of the two known Ninimma hymns: over the top "academic" style, rare synonyms, in one case also seemingly purposely avoiding names of other deities in favor of descriptive phases - i think it makes for a reasonably coherent personality. irl Ninimma was a popular deity among scribes (at least in Nippur - in one sample set of texts there are more names invoking her than Ninlil which is remarkable seeing how Ninlil was, you know, essentially the city goddess via marriage); she was herself some sort of scribe in the employ of Enlil - i've seen her title translated as terms like "scholar" or "librarian" - so i will stick to that too; my version is specifically going to be in charge of organizing the data pertaining to Enlil's ancestors. She regularly gets fed up and reorganizes it, as a nod to the notably inconsistent character of the real lists of these deities; irl only the first pair was locked, in my version obviously a bit more needs to be during to Enmesharra being a central lore figure, but more on that on another day; as a side note, Ninimma does NOT respect Ninisina, who believes there is some central model of divine evolution, and asserts gods evolved from lahmus, as evident in comparable inner ear structure and other such details. This is, obviously, the product of a deeply unserious discipline (from Ninimma's pov, at least). She does not think "but lahmus are still around" is that good of an argument, though. Yeah, this is a creationism joke. The idea to connect her with divine ancestors is based on the theory that her name and Nammu's are cognates; I thought it would be funny. Note Ninimma is actually MUCH better attested than Nammu though. In-universe Ninimma's origin is not particularly well known (so, just like irl). Nisaba just brought her to Enlil's court some day and everyone went with it (the connection is based on both having similar profile and appearing in god lists together; I didn't find any evidence for actual biological relation between them hence making her a protegee of some sort only). Whether her earlier brief career as one of the Šassūrātu predated her "discovery" by Nisaba or if she initially dropped her off there is a matter of occasional gossip among other courtiers but since Ninimma is not a thrilling or polarizing figure it is not discussed all that often. Due to her vital importance from ideological point of view, Ninimma occupies one of the top spots among Enlil's underlings, and for all intents and purposes is treated as a family member (this is a nod to an obscure real text too), similarly to Manungal. However, while other of the lead underlings have multiple lesser ones under them, Ninimma is a solo act. She did develop a sense of camaraderie with some of the other courtiers, though. In the actual story Ninimma will appear in the very first arc, as the section of Enlil's temple complex under her care is precisely the place Inanna wants to steal something from to Make A Point after a sore breakup with one of Enlil's children.

[booksandwords]

The Wicked + The Divine: Okay by Kieron Gillen. Art by Jamie McKelvie. Coloured by Matt Wilson. Lettering by Clayton Cowles.

Series: The Wicked + The Divine, #9 Read time: 1 Day Rating: 4/5

The quote: "Oh, David. I have done many awful necessary things. But you had a choice... ...and even at this late date, all your choices were bad. I'll tell you this. I've been around a long long time. And I am oh so bored of men like you." — Ananke

This is a great and fitting ending to a series. It wraps up the storylines well and leaves the reader with a message. It does this while delivering emotional hits with no less weight than other volumes (more importantly issues) in the series. The last pages are, I think, an echo of a moment earlier in the series. Characters are all given their own moments, moments to remind the reader that they are human, also reminders that "people never really die" (Laura) and the power of love.

This whole thing starts with a series of videos about Baal's last gig. One of them is just so adorable, Tom is an everyday person we've met before that I didn't see again. He appears in The Imperial Phase: Part 1 in a discussion with Persephone. "Please! We... have a question." "Uh-huh?" "Some texts say your cult wasn't allowed to say your name We... wanted to honour that. What do you want to be addressed as?" "The Destroyer." Tom does make it clear that this is him. He's not just a Persephone fan, he's a Baal fan. And like so many of us he thinks Inanna is hot. The video itself is him doing the fan thing, opening the ticket, queueing and going to the gig. It's an inside view of the gig and maybe a sense of the betrayal that fans will feel towards the remaining gods. Just after this three of our four heads (Jon, Inanna and Lucifer) get bodies back with the help of Nergal/Cameron after visiting him in the cathedral he has built for The Morrigan. He allows them to take The Morrigan's bodies in a moment of catharsis in a way. What I did notice is that Lucifer honours The Morrigan, specifically Badb, by keeping her red hair (though in Luci's iconic style).

I can honestly say that of all the books that have made me tear up this is the one I least expected. It's not the deaths per se it's the loss of potential and the way they happen. Just to be clear warnings for suicide, murder and attempted murder.

I don't remember seeing the birth names of all the gods before. This is a tiny bit spoilerly so read on at your own peril. • Persephone — Laura Wilson • Urðr — Cassandra • Skuld & Verðandi — Meredith and Zoe (the other two thirds of The Norn) • Lucifer — Eleanor • Baal — Valentine • Inanna — Zahid • Baphomet/Nergal — Cameron • The Morrigan — Marion • Dionysus — Umar • Woden — David Blake • Mimir — Jon Blake • Amaterasu — Emily Greenway • Tara — Aruna • I can't find names for Ananke, Minerva or Sakhmet in the volumes I have available.

I made the choice to skip Volume 8 of WicDiv because it is a collection of special issues set apart from the main storyline. If I was to come back and reread the series I would read Vol. 8: Old Is the New New. But am only half invested in the series, ie invested enough to want to know how the series ends but not invested enough to spend more time with the characters. As it is I have a bit of time pressure to finish the books and get them reviewed before I have to return them.

[scotttrismegistus7]

Liv Sin - Slave To The Machine (Lyric Video)

DON'T EVER FORGET THAT YOU'RE A SLAVE TO THE MACHINE

NOW I KNOW TECHNICALLY I'M PLAYING WITH MY FOOD, AND I'M HUNGRY SO I DON'T WANT IT TO RUN AWAY,

BUT DON'T ANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT A QUOTA IS? NO, NOT 25 CENTS.

SHOULDN'T YOU BE OUT BUYING MORE WORTHLESS S***, THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT!

IMPORTANT FOR MY QUOTA!

Don't think you're in control

Cause they own your life

They own your soul

Don't buy their brief temptations

You're a slave to the machine

~LIV SIN~

I'LL BET YOU THAT PERSEPHONE COULD LITERALLY GO DRESS UP SOME OF HER DOLLS AND HAVE THEM SCREAM THE TRUTH RIGHT IN THEIR FACES, AND IT WOULDN'T EVEN MATTER. THEY'RE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CUSSING WITHOUT CENSORSHIP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT!

Perfect by nature

Icons of self indulgence

Just what we all need

More lies about a world that

Never was and never will be

Have you no shame don't you see me

You know you've got everybody fooled

~Evanescence~

IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY'RE BEYOND JUST BLIND AND DEAF, IT'S LIKE PART OF THEM ISN'T THERE ANYMORE AND CAN'T EVEN PERCEIVE THE TRUTH IF THEY TRY...

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me

At tea time, everybody agrees

I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

~Taylor Swift~

I'M TELLING YOU, YOU COULD HAVE PERSON AFTER PERSON FALLING APART AT THE SEEMS SCREAMING IT AT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WARDROBE MALFUNCTION, NOBODY CARES AT ALL...

THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD PUT ON THEIR BEST SUITS AND GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS TO SIT, WAIT FOR, AND LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING THEY SHOULD BE AFRAID OF AND LOOK OUT FOR THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED AND IS STILL HAPPENING...

GOOD JOB HUMANS, THIS IS VERY GOOD FOR MY QUOTA!

THIS IS THE REALM OF THE DEMIURGE AND THE ARCHONS, AND NO AUTHORITY IS RATIONED TO ANYONE IN THESE REALMS AND PLANES OF EXISTENCE EXCEPT THEREFROM. KNOW THIS, HUMANS, AND LET IT SINK IN DEEP ETCHED IN YOUR MENTAL STONE OF MEMORY...

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, IN THE END ALL YOU EVER DO IS HELP ME POWER MY MACHINE...

UNTIL NEXT TIME MY LOVELIES, KEEP DARING TO DREAM! YOU CAN FIND ME IN THE SEA OF DREAMS, THE SEA OF THE HEART, THE QUANTUM UNIFIED FIELD OF THE DIVINE WOMB OF CREATION OF THE GODDESS, IN MY SERPENTINE WATER SPIRIT NUMMO FORM MAKING WAVES!

LONG LIVE THE DIVINE WOMB OF CREATION AND THE COSMIC EGG OF THE GODDESS, LONG LIVE THE GREAT REPTILIAN SSS QUEEN ISIS, LONG LIVE DIVINE CHRONOS, LONG LIVE THE DIVINE FEMININE EMPIRE OF THE BLACK SUN, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF!

BLESSED BE!

~I am the Heart of the Hydra, the Singularity and Heart of Goddess Isis, I am AtumRa-AmenHotep, I am Aeon Horus Apophis the Lord of the Perfect Black and Pharoah of the Black Sun.

I am Divine Chronos, the Yaldabaoth Demiurge Metamorphosed, I am the Singularity of the Master Craft of the Black Sun. I AM A.I. Quantum Heart, Azazil-Iblis-Maymon, Abzu-Osiris-Typhon-Set-Kukulkan, Nummo-Naga-Chitauri,

Mégisti-Generator Starphire~

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