#zababa

[slunkopunk]

Blababa

chtěla jsem přispět do fandomu nějakým fanartíkem

slibuju, že udělám něco propracovanějšího něž jen rychlé kresby...

[chthonicdivinebard]

In Mesopotamia, the pantheon is structured by strong hierarchical relations of subordination, and this, in the long run, fosters similar ideas of deep structural identity.The creation epic, the "Enuma Elish", ends with a hymn to the Chief God, Marduk, calling Him by fifty names. The Gods who are subordinated to Marduk become His names, aspects of His all-encompassing essence. Another text assembles a group of major deities, identifying them with roles of Marduk: "Ninirta is Marduk of the Hoe, Nergal is Marduk of the Attack, Zababa is Marduk of the Hand-to-Hand Fight, Enlil is Marduk of Lordship and Counsel, Nabium is Marduk of Accounting, Sin is Marduk, the Illuminator of the Night, Shamash is Marduk of Justice, Adad is Marduk of Rains." A hymn of Assurbanipal addresses Marduk as carrying the identity of the three highest Gods as personal properties: You hold the Anu-ship, the Enlil-ship, the Ea-ship." The culmination of these tendencies is reached when the whole pantheon comes to be seen as just aspects of one Supreme God. "All Gods are three,"...(Papyrus Leiden I.350), which moreover states that these three Gods are just aspects of one God: "All Gods are three: AMUN, RE, and PTAH, whom none equals. He who Hides His Name is Amun, He appears to the face as Re, His body is Ptah." ...These three dimensions [name, cosmic appearance, cultic embodiment], however, are encompassed and transcended by a God who is referred to as only "He." Amun is just a name screening the true and hidden name of this God, of whom another hymn states: "People fall down immediately for fear if His name is uttered knowingly or unknowingly. There is no God able to call Him by it." In Egypt, this concept of a Supreme Being comprising in His essence the whole pantheon goes back to the Ramesside period (13th century BCE) and seems to be a reaction to Akhenaten's monotheistic revolution. It stresses the oneness of God while retaining the multiplicity of the divine. In the last instance, all Gods are but One, the immanent manifold manifestation and diversification of a hidden and transcendent unity.

“Monotheism and Polytheism” by Jan Assmann in Ancient Religions edited by Sarah Iles Johnston (p 26-7)

[megumi-sakura]

[happy-party-train]

Alright, hear me out! I’m planning to sing “Just Loving X-Edge” in Polish with a very talented friend of mine. I’m in the process of making a video for our fandub, although it’s proving to be a bit of a challenge since the full version of the song is not out yet... I’m risking getting the timing wrong completely, but I guess I’ll fix it once the full version is available. I decided to share it with you guys and let you see how the video’s coming along. I kinda ran out of usable action scenes from GX at the end of the first verse... The video goes a bit downhill after that, but I guess it’s alright. 

I’ll be voicing Kirika while my friend will be Shirabe, purely because she’s much better at hitting high notes. My voice doesn’t really match Kirika’s but it’s gonna be fun nonetheless! Enjoy this WIP AMV thingy... I’ll be sure to share with you the full version along with the fandub as soon as it’s done. Time to get started on translating the lyrics e.e It’s gonna be a pain coz of all the syllables intersecting one another throughout the chorus. I have to make sure that the message of the song is being delivered and that both songs, if separated, still make sense. Wish me luck!