Lilith-The Queen of Hell, Screech Owl, Darkside of the Moon.
Here is my other drawing for my mythology series
I love her and her background. It’s such an empowering story and courages me every time!
hope u like it!!
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Who is Lilith - First Wife of Adam - Ancient Origins and Development of ...
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Turkey - Türkiye 🇹🇷 🎥MUSKA (2014) dir. Özkan Çelik. The plot was much reminiscent of H.P.Lovecraft’s story The Dreams in the Witch house.
The film held well the tension and was exciting, perhaps too predictable.⭐️⭐️⭐️
🏺In areas like Turkey the historical layers of the culture are great. The fear of witches goes back to ancient Mesopotamia, the home of lilû & lilītu (Lilith). Black Magic seems to be the Thing in their horror genre. In Islamic cultures movies often have a spirit/demon that is called Jinn (Arabic: جن, jinn) – also romanized as djinn.
🔺Muska means talisman, amulet & charm. These triangular talismans protect its wearer against diseases, accidents or evil eyes. Etymology is in Arabic word “nüsha” and means “replica” or “copy”. “Hoca” is the spiritual leader who can make these MUSKA amulets. Inside is handwritten pray. The cover can be made of leather, silk or a precious metal.
The reason it has to be triangular: The first side represents hunger and thirst, the second represents diseases, and the third the evil eye. Thus, all bad things that could happen to someone bounce off the sides before they can reach the person. (Kapsız-Fekete/Tayla 2018.)
Jinn are not a strictly Islamic concept; they may represent several pagan beliefs integrated into Islam. There are many things to be informed of about jinn. In fact, it is not correct to use them only as an element of terror (Look more from “Evolution of Turkish horror: From Western symbols to jinn 2020”)
Jinns are beings with bodies in the form of energy. For this reason, they can move fast and take various forms. There are many things to be informed of about jinn. In fact, it is not correct to use them only as an element of terror. In Islamic culture, it is believed that they are not to be feared and that they cannot harm people unless people harm them. In fairytale Aladdin the Djinn fulfills his desires.
The reasons I picked up this movie from many Turkish films was that it was translated in English.
Among Muslim patients (in psychiatry) a common cultural concept of distress is the notion that jinn may be the cause of mental health problems, especially in the presence of hallucinations. (Lim 2018.)
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Cover of the Day:
Conan the Barbarian #38 (May, 1974)
Art by Gil Kane & Ernie Chan
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labelled as a lover
treated as a mother
I swaddled you
under amethyst skies
in gardens of governance
as the summer chill
(an ouroboros of irony)
hit us like a ranging spotlight
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looking for a love
to fall into my lap
as though a meet-cute
was backbone enough
a first-date finesser
fanging for a heartbeat
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sticky hearts
and sickly parts to play
a gulf
of misunderstanding between us;
filled with sweet smoke
and wood chips
a carpentaria of calamity
carved out
of each respective grove
of epigenesis
a route
to may-day dance around the truth
I swallowed mine
to give you space
to wallow in yours
tap-dancing to tears
you are yet to shed
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pathologically reductive
like it wasn’t seductive
cut in pieces in a box
I am Jennifer’s daughter
you; Dahmer’s darling
a body to consume each night
as though it belonged
to you alone
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Stardew Valley
picket fences
sharp as knives
a union unspoken
of dragged feet down aisles
you gave me everything you had
I took
and took
gnawed on it with
thrice-broken teeth
ravenous as a hole
above my burned flesh
burned wider
with each
pleaded perennial pledge
for you to stand still
stagnant through your seasons;
a token of troth never turned true
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you cried
when I spoke the beauty
of all the fading
with the wisdom of a dead woman
wilted by my woe;
two deaths by your side
and another;
three years long
a slow bloodletting
over each blink of your eye
-
now,
we hate each other like children
with runny noses
and flushed cheeks
that last night
you wanted
my love for you
and it flowed
a tangy, hot bile
of the belligerence
of our union
your eyes flittered
à la petit mort
as I remained
with the hell of the living
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Why Pazuzu was chosen as originally the source of Dracula's powers?
(a continuation of my previous post)
Well, we can theorize.
It's very probable Konami wanted to go with a more exotic demonic entity than Satan, Lucifer or other Abrahamic demons. Pazuzu was also fairly well known thanks to the 1973 Exorcist movie, though as I mentioned Dungeons and Dragons was also an influence with Pazuzu's depiction in Dracula's Curse being inspired by his depiction in the 1983 Monster Manual II.
And it's not the only or first one in Castlevania - seeing the cover of Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, was heavily inspired by the cover of the original Ravenloft module, as were some other elements of the series:
Pazuzu's lore from the very 80s Monster Manual could be an influence:
While Dracula was the one who unearthed Pazuzu's idol in the Japanese version of Dracula's Curse, it's possible he wasn't evil then, and Pazuzu's influence was what corrupted him over time.
(I mean here in the conception of the story by the Dracula's Curse development team, not in context of latter games.)
Monster Manual II also presented Pazuzu as unique among archfiends - having power over skies of all of the layers of the Abyss, instead of a single or few layers of it (making him quite powerful and influential by this alone), and is in good relations with the devil Dukes of Hell (despite normally being some to major conflicts between these - demons (to which Pazuzu belongs), and devils).
All this facts from Monster Manual II could contribute to choosing him.
But Pazuzu's role in Mesopotamian mythology and religion, probably was also an influence. As Pazuzu is one of the first, possibly even the first character in history to be named the "King of Demons" (or King of Wind Demons).
Pazuzu being a king of and counted as a member of these Wind Demons - Lilu/Lilitu, could also be an influence, as Lilyu and Lilitu were described as vampiric, draining vitality or even blood sucking, and even considered as one of first recollections of vampiric entities (though Lilu was also something of a generic term for a demon, and Mesopotamian demons fairly often had vampiric traits).
This could further influence the decision to connect Pazuzu to Dracula.
And tomorrow the last part, describing some other curious things about Pazuzu, not connected to, and I think not influencing the choice to utilize him in Castlevania.
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