My articles and reference posts
A master post of recommended sources for the study of my interests can be found here. If possible, consult it before sending any research-oriented questions.
Ancient Mesopotamia and its neighbors:
Women, goddesses and writing in ancient Mesopotamia
Ninshubur, Inanna’s Sukkal: Just a Servant or Something More?
Ishkur, Baal, and others: a guide to the weather gods of Mesopotamia and ancient Syria
The most important deity you’ve never heard of: the 3000 years long history of Nanaya
Nonconformity, ambiguity, fluidity and misinterpretation: on the gender of Inanna (and a few others)
Ninshubur(s), Ilabrat, Papsukkal and the gala: another inquiry into ambiguity and fluidity of gender of Mesopotamian deities
Oldest or greatest? Gilgamesh before, in and after the epic(s)
Pride Month special 2025: shifts in gender, shifts in character. A Mesopotamian deity triple feature
Sisterhood in context: a reassessment of Inanna’s Descent
various trivia which do not warrant full articles can be found in the Mesopotamian miscellanea, Ugaritic miscellanea, Anatolian miscellanea etc. tags
Also make sure to check out the Monthly Wikipedia repair roundup (formerly Weekly Wikipedia repair roundup) tag.
Miscellaneous antiquities:
Christmas special: Santa and his helpers. Divine living fossils in Greek sources
Hecate, Melinoe, “Ereschigal”: when a name becomes the ship of Theseus?
WLW - Women-Loving Wizard(esse)s? Lesbian love spells from Roman Egypt
Japanese religions and art:
Tamamizu Monogatari, a unique love story
The fabrication of a storm god: Susanoo, Taishakuten (Indra) and their histories
Tenshō Daijin: the many guises of medieval Amaterasu part 1 and part 2
Shikigami and onmyōdō through history: truth, fiction and everything in between
From Shinoda Myōjin to Sakaki no Mae: the history of Kuzunoha (and a few others)
Various trivia which do not warrant full articles can be found in the Japanese miscellanea and genpeiposting tags.
Chinese religions and art:
“Nine-headed hermit”: the early history of Zhong Kui (and his sister)
Megaten and mythology:
A Megaten apocalypse: the sad case of Inanna
A case of twice-mistaken identity: on “Asherah” in Strange Journey
Tribulations of a “tomboy goddess”, or why you should care about Anat
Touhou and mythology:
This series of articles was placed on hiatus in 2024 and as of 2025 no further installments are planned. An archive can be found here.
