#this started out by me figuring out the Hittite weather god has a narrative-significant attendant who is also his brother 😍 wow

[thylionheart]

Yes, yes the Achilles-Patroclus archetype as a twin/brother/lover symbol of Venus, each either the falling or rising star. One who dies before their time as the other is deified (or gives up their divinity to save their brother). BUT have we considered the hero-brother who dies prematurely as an ATTENDANT DIETY archetype. The closest being in Mesopotamian mythos to a deity besides their spouse- sometimes listed higher than their spouse, who is their “pure brother,” travel companion, who walks before them and protects them. Like Inanna’s attendant Ninshubur going down to the Netherworld to save her and protect her as they journey back out. wow

I’m on galaxy-brain hyperfixation Wikipedia rabbit hole 25 tabs open hyperfixation mode and I desperately need to eat s omething for lunch