*Halloween at Camp Half-Blood*
Will: *dressed as captain Phoebus*
Nico: *dressed as Frollo because he was having a kick with the Disney Villains*
Will: Oh man, Nico. You're on fire with scaring these campers!
Nico: Fire?
Nico: Like... Dark fire?
Nico: Hell fire?
Will: Oooookaaaay?
Nico: *starts singing out of tune* This fire in my skin! This burning desire is turning me to sin!
Will: Nico, people are starting to stare...
Nico: *runs up to people at the campfire and points at Will* It's not my fault! I'm not to blame! It's the Apollo boy, the witch who sent this flame!
Will: Nico, stahp! You're getting too into this!
Nico: *flails on the floor* It's not my fault! If in Fates' plan, they made the daimon so much stronger than a man!
Will: *grabs Nico by the arm but is flung away*
Nico: *prostrates himself in front of Annabeth* Protect me, Athena! Don't let this healer cast his spell! Don't let his light sear my flesh and bone!
Will: *looks apologetically at Annabeth and kisses Nico to shut him up*
Nico: *pushes away, aghast* GOOD SIR, I AM A MAN OF THE TEMPLE! HOW DARE YOU? *slaps and walks away*
Jason: *throws open door*
Jason: you two ARE having sex
Will and Nico: *innocently laying around and reading*
Nico: we are? Will why didn't you tell me, I would have put my book down
I AM SO HAPPY #AGENTCARTER GOT RENEWED
There are a lot of accounts about the ‘demon-ness Lilith’, and her origin story leads a lot to be desired. Apparently, she was the first wife of Adam in Sumerian folklore, and because she did not want to be under Adam’s control any longer, and became, depending on which account you read, a vampire, a demon-ess, or a harlot, or all three, for not wanting to be apart of ‘God’s plan.’ The Sumerian accounts, taken from the 3rd millennium, were the first accounts of what happened to her before the biblical Hebrews surmised of her.
She is described as a ‘beautiful maiden’ but was believed to be a harlot, who once took a lover, offered no satisfaction to him, nor would she ever let him go. According to the Sumerian epic, dating from around 2000 B.C, ‘Gilgamesh and the Huluppu Tree’ and was ‘‘believed to appear to have human eyes. She is slender, well-shaped, beautiful, and nude, with wings, and owl feet. She stands erect on two reclining lions which are turned away from each other and are flanked by owls. On her head, she wears a cap embellished by several pairs of horns. In her hand, she holds a ring-and-rod combination. Evidently, this is no longer a lowly she-demon, but a goddess who tames wild beasts, and as shown by the owls on the reliefs, rules by night.’’
Apparently, the earliest mention of the ‘she-demon, whose name is similar to that of Lilith is found in the Sumerian king list which dates from around 2400 B.C. ‘‘It states, that the father of the great Gilgamesh was a Lilu-demon. The Lilu was one of four demons belonging to an incubi-succubae class. The other three were Lilitu (Lilith), a she-demon; Ardat Lili, or her handmaiden, who visited men in the night and bore them ghostly children. There is also the tale of the Irdu Lili, who was her male counterpart and would visit women and beget children by them. Originally these were storm demons, but because of a mistaken etymology, they came to be regarded as night demons. On one brief reference to Lilith in the Bible, Isaiah 34:14, in describing Yahweh’s (God) day of vengeance, says: The wild cat shall meet with the jackals, And the satyr shall cry to to his fellow, Yea, Lilith shall repose there, And find her a place of rest.’’
I know that I haven’t been able to write any more of these ‘blogs’, and I have to admit the first two weren’t any good. But inspiration has struck, and I am thankful for my family’s encouragement to keep writing. I hope to do these things weekly, written with any given topic
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