During the in class discussion Puzuzu, Queen of the night and Ugallu caught my attention the most. As soon as I got out of class I was telling people about the "bringer of plague". - Tiana Kraus
It's interesting that some of these gods/demons have maliciousness that is only relative. Pazuzu protects against the ravages of Lamashtu, but can bring his own forms of evil in the form of pestilence and disease.
I know we already spoke about her in class but Lamashtu just seemed like such an evil demon. Not only the things she did but just how motbid the protrayed her to be. But the story line oh how humans came to be was intresting as well, I didn't know that the gods had to actually work as human did at one point.
Pazuzu really caught my eye. Pazuzu fights against Lamashtu but yet is referred to as a demon. The word demon means evil spirit, meaning he must have been bad as well. I find it interesting that Pazuzu was looked at as good and bad.
There were several of these gods/goddesses that caught my eye. First, the gods Adad and Anu seemed very similar to me and I wonder if maybe they were variations of each other. Also there seems to be a heavy reliance on bulls, either as demons or symbols for the gods. Ishtar struck me as rather interesting as she is the goddess of both love and war, a combination that I wouldn't have expected. As for Lamashtu and Tiamat, I certainly wouldn't want to run into them in a dark alley. -Erica H.
Beyond the ones that we brought up in class there are several that i noticed. I have always been drawn to gods of war so Ninurta is very interesting to me. Sin also caught my eye because he is god of the moon, and Moon lore is somthing im facinated by. You may need to be a bit of a nerd to understand this one, but Nergal caught my eye too, mostly because he uses fevers and Plagues as his weapons, and because he is the basis for the plague god in the Warhammer 40K univers who shares the same name.
Bull man immediately caught my eye. His half man half bull structure reminds me of centaurs. I wonder if they're connected somehow. Also, centaurs are known to be gaurdians just like bull man protects people from chaos and gaurds the gates of the sun.
Mushhushshu seems quite interesting to me, being a "furious snake" steed that's also a quadruped. Also, with a name like Mushhushushu, how could it not have caught my eye?
Great feedback, folks. Nice observation, Erica, regarding the similarity of Adad and Anu (whom we'll talk more about in class). Anu is the great sky-god, watching over heaven & earth, whereas Adad is god of the storm (he shows up with the sun-god Shamash in certain divination texts, as we'll see: the weather matters).
Ellil (aka, Enlil) is a fearsome (and often cranky) god, who we'll also run into amid some spells.
Indeed, Casey: video-game makers and Hollywood producers have mined the Ancient Near East for (usually sinister) character names!
12 comments:
For being a protector, Pazuzu looks scarier than the other Gods or demons. I find it interesting that a demon is considered a protector.
-Taylor E.
During the in class discussion Puzuzu, Queen of the night and Ugallu caught my attention the most. As soon as I got out of class I was telling people about the "bringer of plague".
- Tiana Kraus
It's interesting that some of these gods/demons have maliciousness that is only relative. Pazuzu protects against the ravages of Lamashtu, but can bring his own forms of evil in the form of pestilence and disease.
Margaret Ransdell-Green
I know we already spoke about her in class but Lamashtu just seemed like such an evil demon. Not only the things she did but just how motbid the protrayed her to be.
But the story line oh how humans came to be was intresting as well, I didn't know that the gods had to actually work as human did at one point.
Emily Peterson-Wood
Pazuzu really caught my eye. Pazuzu fights against Lamashtu but yet is referred to as a demon. The word demon means evil spirit, meaning he must have been bad as well. I find it interesting that Pazuzu was looked at as good and bad.
-Rachel Levy
There were several of these gods/goddesses that caught my eye. First, the gods Adad and Anu seemed very similar to me and I wonder if maybe they were variations of each other. Also there seems to be a heavy reliance on bulls, either as demons or symbols for the gods. Ishtar struck me as rather interesting as she is the goddess of both love and war, a combination that I wouldn't have expected. As for Lamashtu and Tiamat, I certainly wouldn't want to run into them in a dark alley.
-Erica H.
Beyond the ones that we brought up in class there are several that i noticed. I have always been drawn to gods of war so Ninurta is very interesting to me.
Sin also caught my eye because he is god of the moon, and Moon lore is somthing im facinated by.
You may need to be a bit of a nerd to understand this one, but Nergal caught my eye too, mostly because he uses fevers and Plagues as his weapons, and because he is the basis for the plague god in the Warhammer 40K univers who shares the same name.
-Casey S.
Bull man immediately caught my eye. His half man half bull structure reminds me of centaurs. I wonder if they're connected somehow. Also, centaurs are known to be gaurdians just like bull man protects people from chaos and gaurds the gates of the sun.
Deirdre Adams
Ellil was interesting, for one of the most supreme gods, one that people can't even look at, there seems to be very little about him.
- Scott
Pazuzu seems to me to be the most interesting, because he can protect you just as much has he might bring death. The most human out of these deities.
-Alexander Roth
Mushhushshu seems quite interesting to me, being a "furious snake" steed that's also a quadruped. Also, with a name like Mushhushushu, how could it not have caught my eye?
Great feedback, folks. Nice observation, Erica, regarding the similarity of Adad and Anu (whom we'll talk more about in class). Anu is the great sky-god, watching over heaven & earth, whereas Adad is god of the storm (he shows up with the sun-god Shamash in certain divination texts, as we'll see: the weather matters).
Ellil (aka, Enlil) is a fearsome (and often cranky) god, who we'll also run into amid some spells.
Indeed, Casey: video-game makers and Hollywood producers have mined the Ancient Near East for (usually sinister) character names!
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