#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.
ebay moomin paraphernalia sellers can't tell apart too ticky and muddler... for shame...
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
ebay moomin paraphernalia sellers can't tell apart too ticky and muddler... for shame...
frazerian!
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
frazerian!
what is even going on here
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
what is even going on here
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
reshephling
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
reshephling
this paper is good overall, but i don't really think this is true? she's the most major ally of baal through the yam section if the narrative (in which anat does next to nothing) and she has a solo myth (poorly preserved, but still). that's actually more than shapash or yarikh
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
this paper is good overall, but i don't really think this is true? she's the most major ally of baal through the yam section if the narrative (in which anat does next to nothing) and she has a solo myth (poorly preserved, but still). that's actually more than shapash or yarikh
seems it's not a mistransaltion - the hittite viceroy really called shapash "lady shimige" in a letter to niqmaddu of ugarit (not sure which one of the niqmaddus, though)
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
seems it's not a mistransaltion - the hittite viceroy really called shapash "lady shimige" in a letter to niqmaddu of ugarit (not sure which one of the niqmaddus, though)
overall tbh i don't think there's really a need for a answer more complex than "her name probably means 'violence'"
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
overall tbh i don't think there's really a need for a answer more complex than "her name probably means 'violence'"
also no offense but i don't think a single other case of athena serving as someone's interpretatio graeca pays much attention to that; not maliya, not neith, not rishto and certainly not nana in movses khorenatsi's account of iranian deities lmao.
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
also no offense but i don't think a single other case of athena serving as someone's interpretatio graeca pays much attention to that; not maliya, not neith, not rishto and certainly not nana in movses khorenatsi's account of iranian deities lmao.
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