Minister who speaks fair words, escort who speaks trustworthy words. I mostly but not exclusively post about Mesopotamian and Ugaritic mythology, Heian and medieval Japanese literature and Daijiro Morohoshi. Header by @anilesco, profile by @baraboneisagohttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mwohss5jrc2tmight swap around the Attar and divine ancestor articles, I feel it would make sense to start the year with a bang and the latter is obviously going to be more extensive and has more mass appeal...29 Sep 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwohss5jrc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mwkp2mfnak2qa lot of wild guesses about Elamite religion have been made based on Pinikir's elevated position in the treaty of Naram-Sin, but given her obscurity in every better documented period has anyone suggested the Elamites just hastily picked a deity they thought resembled Naram-Sin's #1 to lead the list28 Sep 2026 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkp2mfnak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mwjfpvsxek2idevastated to discover that person who drew keine/okina (and also what i presume was their self insert with okina) art c. 2022-2024 has vanished from the net27 Sep 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjfpvsxek2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mwiin7ae3k27https://yamayuandadu.tumblr.com/post/828900735946293248 A new article is up on my blog; discussing angel terminology in the Bible, early angel iconography, comparable ideas in other cultures and turning gods into angels and vice versa. Featuring cover art by @joakofreak.bsky.social27 Sep 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwiin7ae3k27https://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mwi7tixprs22wikimedia commons had ugarit in a lebanon category up until today lmao27 Sep 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwi7tixprs22https://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mwgtrtrxy22bhttps://erico-la-candela.tumblr.com/post/828806512327688192/commission-work artistic patronage update (please look at the artist's comment in the notes, it made me really happy)26 Sep 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgtrtrxy22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mw2kaxnhd22vnext week21 Sep 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2kaxnhd22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mw2k5gpbys2vonce again, i call for the creation an analog to the term "wastebasket taxon" for religious studies21 Sep 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2k5gpbys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mw2jy3eeus2vthe insistence to treat Ugaritic Attar and the similarly named South Arabian god as one and the same in some corners of ugartiology becomes even more awkward once you realize there's a growing trend to argue even different cultural zones on the Arabian peninsula can't be bundled together easily21 Sep 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2jy3eeus2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mvdzkvif5k2gWhile obviously the texts form no coherent whole, it's fun the odd OB tradition making Nuska a son of one of the random generations of Enlil's ancestors goes reasonably well with his portrayal in Enlil and Sud;12 Sep 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdzkvif5k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mvdorxkejc2mi'm so happy about the new commission delivery... hope you're excited for the eventual article meant to go with it, discussing foxes (and to a smaller degree shanxiao and Zhong Kui) as a representation of otherness in historical Chinese literature. expect it in october or december12 Sep 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdorxkejc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3muzpg53x6c23pure vibes school of scholarship pretty much based on the premise of "looks female enough"08 Sep 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzpg53x6c23https://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mutokoqqpk2ahttps://x.com/ruinavenue/status/2096503247733465145 rare non-mesopotamian instance of antonian artistic patronage06 Sep 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutokoqqpk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3murwbgjhws2ahave to admit i'm a bit wary of the types of "history enthusiast" obsessed with haplogrous, many of them seem to basically try to reinvent phrenology05 Sep 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3murwbgjhws2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3muogyh25ic2jthe shaushka article is getting moved from january to november04 Sep 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muogyh25ic2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mujhjrahes2lit's a bit awkward Smith's 1990s article remains the only one -exclusively- about Attar since it basically turns the name into the theological equivalent of a wastebasket taxon02 Sep 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujhjrahes2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mugwzra4hs2ointeresting to note it seems the use of the term mischwesen in english is slowly spreading from assyriology to egyptology01 Sep 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugwzra4hs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mufvjvi4522swe're probably one semi-accurate lahmu in a mainstream work away from a flood of "mesopotamians were aware of bigfoot" takes31 Aug 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufvjvi4522shttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mu3ibd7ixc2fneed a paper asking the real EoG questions like "given Wer is hyped up like the next villain in a shonen in the OB version, does it mean a lost fragment dealt with him"27 Aug 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3ibd7ixc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninshubur.bsky.social/post/3mtt4gcp47s2icame back to dark souls yesterday after a break prompted by work, life and the first pc upgrade since before the pandemic24 Aug 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:weh7t3522japp3py6acowipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt4gcp47s2i