#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.
the number of history-adjacent titles with f/f subtext i need to hype up in hopes of translation keeps growing (there are 2 atm)
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
the number of history-adjacent titles with f/f subtext i need to hype up in hopes of translation keeps growing (there are 2 atm)
where are all these alleged haters too focused on history of mesopotamia to see the grand vision of people obsessed on tiamat because they saw her in DnD or something. and do they have dms open
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
where are all these alleged haters too focused on history of mesopotamia to see the grand vision of people obsessed on tiamat because they saw her in DnD or something. and do they have dms open
what the fuck are those "archetypes" btw, the deities listed have nothing in common beyond gender
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
what the fuck are those "archetypes" btw, the deities listed have nothing in common beyond gender
the person who did this apparently opted to include every term for at least vaguely female professional under "Terms associated with temple prostitution in Sumer and Babylonia" including naditu
December 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
the person who did this apparently opted to include every term for at least vaguely female professional under "Terms associated with temple prostitution in Sumer and Babylonia" including naditu
i need Bakjwi to get a subtextual moment (tm) next
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
i need Bakjwi to get a subtextual moment (tm) next
this goes on for like 6 pages
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
this goes on for like 6 pages
academia dot edu has seen better times i feel
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
academia dot edu has seen better times i feel
i can't actually read kokufu kyoudan yet but i like the vibes of this character
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
i can't actually read kokufu kyoudan yet but i like the vibes of this character
this is an interesting premise for a study but i haven't really read it yet because i'm baffled by Mesopotamia being reprented by the Epic of Gilgamesh and not... anything involving Ebih? Also not covering the Syro-Anatolian personified mountains seems odd
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
this is an interesting premise for a study but i haven't really read it yet because i'm baffled by Mesopotamia being reprented by the Epic of Gilgamesh and not... anything involving Ebih? Also not covering the Syro-Anatolian personified mountains seems odd
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