#1 Ninshubur fan (not counting Rim-Sin I of Larsa)
@ninshubur.bsky.social
Minister who speaks fair words, escort who speaks trustworthy words. I really like Mesopotamian mythology, Heian and medieval Japanese literature, Daijiro Morohoshi's works and Hecatia from Touhou 15.
wait THIS is the legendary bad Kura paper too lol
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
wait THIS is the legendary bad Kura paper too lol
nuska isn't even attested in the ED period if i'm not mistaken
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
nuska isn't even attested in the ED period if i'm not mistaken
the pure vibes school of scholarship strikes again, this time with Eblaites somehow being aware of a pairing rare before the Kassite period feat. a goddess not really attested before Ur III (the article consistently uses "Canaanite" when it means Ugarit, also, lol)
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
the pure vibes school of scholarship strikes again, this time with Eblaites somehow being aware of a pairing rare before the Kassite period feat. a goddess not really attested before Ur III (the article consistently uses "Canaanite" when it means Ugarit, also, lol)
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
don't care + didn't ask + cry + mad + get real + L + mald + cope harder + hoes mad + basic + skill issue + ratio + you fell off + surely he will overturn the throne of your kingship + surely he will break the sceptre of your rule
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
don't care + didn't ask + cry + mad + get real + L + mald + cope harder + hoes mad + basic + skill issue + ratio + you fell off + surely he will overturn the throne of your kingship + surely he will break the sceptre of your rule
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
the number 3 makes some people descent into utter incomprehensibility. this needs to be studied
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
the number 3 makes some people descent into utter incomprehensibility. this needs to be studied
pure vibes school of scholarship
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
pure vibes school of scholarship
shapash appears in more ritual texts and esp. theophoric names than athirat and it's not even close, really weird to try to present the latter as more major
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
shapash appears in more ritual texts and esp. theophoric names than athirat and it's not even close, really weird to try to present the latter as more major
it's really hard to not conclude that the early efforts to make sure Ebla doesn't end up as Ugarit 2 were nothing short of heroic and are probably one of the key reasons why we're not stuck with monographs arguing Kura is actually El or something
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
it's really hard to not conclude that the early efforts to make sure Ebla doesn't end up as Ugarit 2 were nothing short of heroic and are probably one of the key reasons why we're not stuck with monographs arguing Kura is actually El or something
the torment continues with "actually Anat is just a personified attribute of Baal" (an argument based on a single publication from 1969...) because clearly the fact she is attested since 1800 BCE-ish with own cult center doesn't matter much
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
the torment continues with "actually Anat is just a personified attribute of Baal" (an argument based on a single publication from 1969...) because clearly the fact she is attested since 1800 BCE-ish with own cult center doesn't matter much
i give up, what is even going on here.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
i give up, what is even going on here.
two for one deal: goddess slurry AND bizarre ninisina downplaying
October 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
two for one deal: goddess slurry AND bizarre ninisina downplaying
what's up with wyatt's need to minimize the number of deities, and on the level of those who even in literary texts (let alone cult) are clearly distinct from each other at that. he pushed yarikh = el at some point too
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
what's up with wyatt's need to minimize the number of deities, and on the level of those who even in literary texts (let alone cult) are clearly distinct from each other at that. he pushed yarikh = el at some point too
spoiler: the book doesn't answer the question because it just rehashes discussion about Ugarit, which, as the author even acknowledges, wasn't in Canaan. we do get the full repertoire of bible scholar smash hits including "sacred prostitution" though
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
spoiler: the book doesn't answer the question because it just rehashes discussion about Ugarit, which, as the author even acknowledges, wasn't in Canaan. we do get the full repertoire of bible scholar smash hits including "sacred prostitution" though
it's a shame the alleged sogdian moon goddess (xšwm, "growing moon") is basically just this single mural and a bunch of theophoric names because i can't really tinker with how her sphere of activity would intersect with nanaya's without any indication of her character
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
it's a shame the alleged sogdian moon goddess (xšwm, "growing moon") is basically just this single mural and a bunch of theophoric names because i can't really tinker with how her sphere of activity would intersect with nanaya's without any indication of her character
telling the random guy from susa who botched casting this cheap votive from a mold that people are labeling his fuckup as half a dozen goddesses from completely unrelated time periods and locations
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
telling the random guy from susa who botched casting this cheap votive from a mold that people are labeling his fuckup as half a dozen goddesses from completely unrelated time periods and locations
frazerian
October 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
frazerian
great sages congregate on mesopotamia-adjacent wikipedia talk pages
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
great sages congregate on mesopotamia-adjacent wikipedia talk pages
i've decided to include a teaser for a one-off ireland special (coming later this year) in the vaguely megaten flavored cybele article (coming this month still)
September 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
i've decided to include a teaser for a one-off ireland special (coming later this year) in the vaguely megaten flavored cybele article (coming this month still)
some might think this is a questionable product name. but honestly i probably would be happy to have a disinfectant of some sort if i were attis
September 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
some might think this is a questionable product name. but honestly i probably would be happy to have a disinfectant of some sort if i were attis
academia dot edu might be genuinely unusable at this point
September 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
academia dot edu might be genuinely unusable at this point
did shigeru mizuki predict labubu
September 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
did shigeru mizuki predict labubu
TRUE BELIEVERS always believed in kokugaku, even before it was invented
September 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
TRUE BELIEVERS always believed in kokugaku, even before it was invented
i like this scene from near the beginning of tamamizu monogatari because it's an intentional subversion of a common tang fox story motif - once the fear of dogs kicks in, the human facade falls apart, the fox is discovered, and the story is over
August 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
i like this scene from near the beginning of tamamizu monogatari because it's an intentional subversion of a common tang fox story motif - once the fear of dogs kicks in, the human facade falls apart, the fox is discovered, and the story is over