Claudius Aelianus Puns

As addressed previously in my other posts concerning the mythology of the god Ninurta – it was claimed that at some point, Ninurta himself came to be identified with Gilgamesh the Sumerian hero, or viceversa. And thus, yet another proof of the unification of Gilgamesh and Ninurta into one single character would be the following: in one version of the death of Ninurta – the god was “killed” by having his tendon injured as mentioned by the myth entitled: “Ninurta and the Turtle” in lines B36-46: “Against Ninurta, Enki fashioned a turtle from the clay of the abzu. Against him he stationed the turtle at an opening, at the gate of the abzu. Enki talked to him near the place of the ambush and brought him to the place where the turtle was. The turtle was able to grab Ninurta's tendon from behind. The hero Ninurta managed to turn back its feet. Enki, as if perplexed, said, 'What is this!' He had the turtle scrape the ground with its claws, had it dig an evil pit. The hero Ninurta fell into it with the turtle. The hero did not know how to get out from ....... The turtle kept on gnawing his feet with its claws (?).” This of course – much echoes the killing of Achilles by Paris who shot an arrow through his tendon. The fact that Gilgamesh inherited some mythology from Ninurta (since they were considered one and the same god – even though they were probably distinct figures) and corresponds to Achilles of the Iliad; is also given by the fact that Achilles mourns the death of his companion/cousin/best friend – Patroclus – much like Gilgamesh mourns the death of Enkidu. Gilgamesh is born as a threat to Enmerkar – the ruler of Uruk; who ordered the killing of the infant after he’d received a prophecy that he would be dethroned by his grandson – where Achilles is also born under similar circumstances; since Prometheus, the fore-thinker, had warned Zeus of a prophecy (originally uttered by Themis, goddess of divine law) that Thetis (the mother of Achilles) would bear a son greater than his father, and since both Zeus and Poseidon had been rivals for Thetis's hand in marriage, after hearing the prophecy – for this reason, the two gods withdrew their pursuit, and had Thetis wed Peleus – a mortal, thinking that the son would not grow strong or, if he grew strong at all – he would only be better than a mortal (Peleus), rather than a god

The whole tradition of Gilgamesh and his journey outside Uruk - was continuously reworked upon in different forms - as this was an ancient myth that could be placed chronologically both before and after the Flood (where some sources mentioned Gilgamesh as a Pre-Flood Giant, like for example inside the Quran in the "Book of Giants" - the names of Gilgamesh and Humbaba are remembered as two of the Pre-Diluvian "Giants", despite the Sumerian King List mentioning their names after the Flood - and the construction of the Tower of Babel was also said to have taken place both before and after the Flood - as the Babylonians built another tower during the Post-Diluvian era in the form of a monument and sanctuary modeled after the first); and therefore the "call" of Abraham from the Land of his Fathers - if interpreted for the Bloodline of the Giants (the Sumerian "Lu-Gal" list; the "Kings" - or the genealogy of the Patriarchs), would correspond with Gilgamesh abandoning his city of Uruk or in any case the center of Kish [corresponding to the Biblical "Chaldea" or “Ur of the Chaldees” – URKasdim / “URK” – “URUK”] where according to later interpretations of the Myth - what was previously understood as a decision made independently by Gilgamesh to embark on this journey of his into foreign lands; it was later reinterpreted as a "call" by the god Shamash which prompted Gilgamesh to undertake his exodus and kill Humbaba [as mentioned by: Tigay 2002, p. 79]. Consequently for the theme of "confrontation" between Abraham and Nimrod as expressed by some Rabbinical and Islamic sources [Van der Toorn & Van der Horst (1990), p. 19. which quotes Pseudo-Philo; in the Talmud and rabbinical writings of the Middle Ages according to the Jewish Encyclopedia Daat (in Hebrew). Herzog College; or the Islamic-Ottoman manuscript Zubdat-al Tawarikh of 1583] – in this case Gilgamesh (called within these writings with the name “Nimrod” – representing an “alternative” or good version of “Nimrod” – coexistent with the “evil” one) would thus be identified as a "righteous and just man" because he’s devoted to the worship of the one true God - Shamash; the Sun (who was later-on made to be the one and only God and thus retroactively; these Myths were charged with monotheistic meaning where originally there was none) - who protected him (and after Shamash’s cult had fallen into disuse that role was assumed by the Babylonian God “Marduk” [Ishkur-Hadad] that replaced Utu Shamash through s

Herodot (Grekçe: Ἡρόδοτος, Herodotos), Antik Yunan tarihçi ve yazardır. Herodot (Herodotos), Batı Anadolu’da Halikarnassos'da (Bodrum) M.Ö. 484 yılında doğan, dünyanın ilk araştırmacı tarihçisi ve yazarıdır. Onu ünlü yapan Historia adlı eserini düzyazı yani nesir olarak yazmıştır. Romalı devlet adamı, bilgin ve yazar Cicero tarafından Latince “Pater Historiae” (Tarihin Babası) unvanı yakıştırılan Herodot, M.Ö. 425 yılına kadar yaşamıştır. Mezarı Thurium kentinin agorasındadır. Latince adı Thurii olan kentin bugünkü İtalyanca adı Thurio’dur ve İtalya’nın güneyinde Taranto Körfezi’nde yer alır.

Kendisine ne kadar da olsa Tarihin Babası desek de antik çağlardan itibaren de eseri ve işlediği konulara tutumu üzerinde büyük tenkitlere uğramıştır ve Herodot'a bir diğer lakap olarak "Yalanların Babası" adı da verilmiştir. Herodot'un yaz Örneğin, Roma İmparatoru Septimius Severus döneminde çok ün kazanan ve imparator Elagabalus dönemi sonuna kadar yaşamış olan ünlü Roma yazar ve retorik (belagat) hocası Claudius Aelianus (d. yak. 175 - ö. yak. 235) zamanımıza gelebilen "Varia Historiae (Çeşitli öyküler)" adlı eserinde Herodot'u "yalancı" olmakla nitelemiş ve kavramsal olarak oluşturduğu "takdis edilimişler adası"nda Herodot'un yeri olmadığını açıkça belirtmiştir. Birçok modern tarihçiler ve filozoflar, özellikle tarihin objektif olmasını kabul edenler tarafından bu tenkitler kabul edilmemekle beraber, bu kritik fikirler modern düşünürler arasında hala da tutulmaktadır. Bunlardan bazıları Herodot'u kaynaklarını icat etmekle, yaptığı gezileri abartmakla ve bu abartmalar ve icatların gerçek olmadığını bile bile onlara eserinde gerçekliklerine inanırmış gibi önemli yer vermekle itham etmektedirler. Gerçekten eserinde görülen kendine ün kazandıran birçok hallerde Herodot belli bir olay veya süreç hakkında gerçeği bilmiyorsa veya kendine bildirilen sıkıcı gerçekler kendi fikir ve inançlarına uymuyorsa, o olay veya süreç hakkında birkaç değişik alternatif vermekte ve bunlardan hangisinin kendi fikrine göre daha olası olduğunu bildirmektedir

Kaynakça:

• Anadolu’nun Sırları – Kitabü’l Esrar fi Anatolia – Kerim Kuvetli
• Historia – Herodot (Herodotos)

Do your worst!

It really does, I swear!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

They’re on standbi

Buenosdillas

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

After all his first name is No-vac

When people say that a modern tank or f-14 or a guy with an assault rifle could kill a dragon no sweat, the entire argument is kind of specious. I guess if you are using a bog-standard D&D dragon, or some other specific universe, it gets easier because you could argue that its easy enough to calculate. But if you are speaking of some sort of platonic ideal fo a dragon, as people speak of a platonic ideal of a vampire or of a werewolf, as just a general picture of traits often associated with it...the question becomes quite specious.

Let's try and look at some famous dragons of mythology, ones I find to influence our conceptions

> TIAMAT

From the Mesopotamian origin myth. portrayed as very powerful, an incarnation fo chaos, required either one of the most powerful Gods (Marduk) or the most powerful god (Ashur) to kill it, depending on which culture we're using. So presumably more powerful than the military, one would think.

> LEVIATHAN

maybe more of a giant fire-breathing lungfish, going off the biblical description, but those traits make it pretty similar to a modern conception of a dragon. and medieval art Drew it with some features we associate with dragons, today so I think its fair to say that it is some sort of basic idea of a dragon.

God, it is said, is the only being who could stand up to this beast r the similarly fierce Behemoth of the land.

> Cetus, the monster of Troy

killed by a mortal man, albeit one who had magic shoes and a magic sword, who had just slain medusa. described very little, besides it living underwater and dying by the hands of Perseus, and its hunger for a virgin princesses.

So could the military beat it? I don't know, maybe. the power level is pretty up int he air.

> Claudius Aelianus's Dragon

Okay, so a modern military unit should presumably have no trouble with these. they are just 55-meter long constrictor snakes that feed on elephants. then again, very few modern dragons take influence from Claudius Aelianus's ideas.

> Street George's Dragon

This was killed by a human, but a Saint with the power of God (although not anime, which would not be invented for well over a thousand years) on his side. Explicitly there is some level of divine intervention, as he was able needed the princess he was saving tot throw her belt at him

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

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There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

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Just to clarify, 12345678

Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...

Notices there's only 2;

Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."

I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.

I was just sitting there doing nothing.

Herodot (Grekçe: Ἡρόδοτος, Herodotos), Antik Yunan tarihçi ve yazardır. Herodot (Herodotos), Batı Anadolu’da Halikarnassos'da (Bodrum) M.Ö. 484 yılında doğan, dünyanın ilk araştırmacı tarihçisi ve yazarıdır. Onu ünlü yapan Historia adlı eserini düzyazı yani nesir olarak yazmıştır. Romalı devlet adamı, bilgin ve yazar Cicero tarafından Latince “Pater Historiae” (Tarihin Babası) unvanı yakıştırılan Herodot, M.Ö. 425 yılına kadar yaşamıştır. Mezarı Thurium kentinin agorasındadır. Latince adı Thurii olan kentin bugünkü İtalyanca adı Thurio’dur ve İtalya’nın güneyinde Taranto Körfezi’nde yer alır.

Kendisine ne kadar da olsa Tarihin Babası desek de antik çağlardan itibaren de eseri ve işlediği konulara tutumu üzerinde büyük tenkitlere uğramıştır ve Herodot'a bir diğer lakap olarak "Yalanların Babası" adı da verilmiştir. Herodot'un yaz Örneğin, Roma İmparatoru Septimius Severus döneminde çok ün kazanan ve imparator Elagabalus dönemi sonuna kadar yaşamış olan ünlü Roma yazar ve retorik (belagat) hocası Claudius Aelianus (d. yak. 175 - ö. yak. 235) zamanımıza gelebilen "Varia Historiae (Çeşitli öyküler)" adlı eserinde Herodot'u "yalancı" olmakla nitelemiş ve kavramsal olarak oluşturduğu "takdis edilimişler adası"nda Herodot'un yeri olmadığını açıkça belirtmiştir. Birçok modern tarihçiler ve filozoflar, özellikle tarihin objektif olmasını kabul edenler tarafından bu tenkitler kabul edilmemekle beraber, bu kritik fikirler modern düşünürler arasında hala da tutulmaktadır. Bunlardan bazıları Herodot'u kaynaklarını icat etmekle, yaptığı gezileri abartmakla ve bu abartmalar ve icatların gerçek olmadığını bile bile onlara eserinde gerçekliklerine inanırmış gibi önemli yer vermekle itham etmektedirler. Gerçekten eserinde görülen kendine ün kazandıran birçok hallerde Herodot belli bir olay veya süreç hakkında gerçeği bilmiyorsa veya kendine bildirilen sıkıcı gerçekler kendi fikir ve inançlarına uymuyorsa, o olay veya süreç hakkında birkaç değişik alternatif vermekte ve bunlardan hangisinin kendi fikrine göre daha olası olduğunu bildirmektedir

Kaynakça:

• Anadolu’nun Sırları – Kitabü’l Esrar fi Anatolia – Kerim Kuvetli
• Historia – Herodot (Herodotos)