Wow, that poem/prophecy thing on Gilgamesh sounds so slashy! I haven't read everything about the Saga of Gilgamesh, so I didn't know there was subtext going on. I just knew they went to the woods to get cedar and they killed a demon of something.
I love your thoughts. After reading some things about Mesopotamia on the Britannica, I came into the same conclusion. I have a good idea about religion in Clow, based on Mesopotamian cults. Every city and town have their deities. I decided the sun deity was the Royal Family's patron, while the moon deity protected the High Priest If the previous king was also the high priest, he had a cult for both gods (I decided both were asexual gods but treated as maleish things). I can't talk more about it since I want the full details to be a surprise to my flist whenever I write the plotbunny I got today. I hate to build religions out of nowhere, but CLAMP isn't going to do world-building anyway. I hope they won't contradict me!
I don't think the Royal Family is believed to descend from a God either.
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Wow, that poem/prophecy thing on Gilgamesh sounds so slashy! I haven't read everything about the Saga of Gilgamesh, so I didn't know there was subtext going on. I just knew they went to the woods to get cedar and they killed a demon of something.
I love your thoughts. After reading some things about Mesopotamia on the Britannica, I came into the same conclusion. I have a good idea about religion in Clow, based on Mesopotamian cults. Every city and town have their deities. I decided the sun deity was the Royal Family's patron, while the moon deity protected the High Priest If the previous king was also the high priest, he had a cult for both gods (I decided both were asexual gods but treated as maleish things). I can't talk more about it since I want the full details to be a surprise to my flist whenever I write the plotbunny I got today. I hate to build religions out of nowhere, but CLAMP isn't going to do world-building anyway. I hope they won't contradict me!
I don't think the Royal Family is believed to descend from a God either.