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Lilith

Annie Stegg Gerard. Falling Stars. Oil on Wood Panel.

Instagram: @ anniestegg

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!!

Lilith altar ideas:

Wind-blown leaves

Snakes

Pomegranates

Knives

Feathers

Wax candles

Who is Lilith - First Wife of Adam - Ancient Origins and Development of ...

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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Joseph Dilnot. Winged and Faceless. 2023

Instagram: @ josephdilnot

Cover of the Day: Conan the Barbarian #38 (May, 1974) Art by Gil Kane & Ernie Chan

260123 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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

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.