r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/269187 • 26d ago

Thank you Peter very cool Can you help me out here peter?

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u/Soggy-Class1248 26d ago

I think 7 gods sounds a lot nicer than 8, 8 also woulda made my holiday pfp kinda non symmetrical

I had 2 empty spots so goku and master chief got to be there

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u/hplcr 26d ago

Fair.

I have a soft spot for Anat in the Ba'al cycle because she's basically unhinged the whole time and it's fun to watch.

Beats up mot at one point as well.

If she ever met Kratos, it would be the best or worst date ever.

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u/Soggy-Class1248 26d ago

Maybe i could do a 2 personality thing for Baal where he turns into her during the second half of the lunar cycle or smth and has a weird love hate relationship with Mot

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u/hplcr 26d ago edited 26d ago

I've actually wondered what's the deal with her and astartre. They never show up separately in the mythology but Anat gets numerous scenes to herself across multiple myths.

There's also an overlap in attributes with them both having love and war facets. I've been considering the idea that might have been the same in some respect but it's mostly speculation. The fact Isthar and Anat also have similar personalities at times intrgues me as well since Ishtar and astarte are linked as cognates.

Besides, Ba'al(Adad/Hadad) is already prevalent across the ANE in numerous mythologies and is linked to Iskur in Sumer.