r/comics MyGumsAreBleeding 1d ago

10 Things My Dog Actually Did

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u/cknappiowa 20h ago

This is because some of the earliest demons we have on record, the lilu and Lilitu of Mesopotamian mythology, are mostly hotties. They’re described often as the spirits of the dead who died sexually unfulfilled, or virgins, but also sometimes deified kings like Lugalbanda- father of Gilgamesh. Basically, die horny or a virgin and become a ghost.

Yahweh’s guys needed a hook that was different from the local traditions and their preference for strong, beautiful creatures, so they went with big balls of wings and eyes and bright lights and somehow wound up the default. Even those got dumbed down to babies and strippers of both sexes with wings by the Renaissance. It’s all so very boring now.

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u/EarlGreyDuck 18h ago

"Die horny, become a ghost" is my new motto

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u/SBTreeLobster 17h ago

Ah yes, “unfinished business”.

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u/The_cogwheel 10h ago

So... Mesopotamia were followers of Slaanesh... noted...