#dyēus

[shabosher]

Dyēus, a hypothetical chief god of the Proto-indo-european pantheon, and the hypothetical origin for the sky father trope. Him along with his wife Dhēghom created the cosmos from the primeval void.

Dyēus’ effect has been far reaching, from old Vedic Hinduism to Norse myth. Some attest that Dyēus was an adaptation of Baal Hadad from Canaanite tradition.

#Dyēus #proto indo european #mythology #sky father #art #character design #Sky god #lightning god #chief god #thunderer #deity

[sun-despite-shade]

#dyēus pətḗr #zeus #jupiter

[gezora]

Coming back to Tumblr to give a list of some of my favourite Wikipedia articles before peacing out indefinitely again. I hope you all enjoy, and feel free to add your own faves for others to read:

Zhang Zongchang, China's "basest warlord."

Tarrare, the closest thing I think there ever was to a real-life demon.

Dyēus, the progenitor deity to Zeus and Týr, among others.

A list of Egyptian pharaohs, many of whom are unnamed and likely never existed.

Elvis sightings. What it says on the tin.

The 2016 clown sightings. Remember that?

The Lost City of Z and Percy H. Fawcett, the loser who went looking for it

Porphyrios, a big asshole of a whale.

Mocha Dick, another big asshole of a whale.

The Demon core, and by extension any article on the Manhattan Project.

The Gombe Chimpanzee War, for when you wanted to be reminded how evil chimps actually are.

Wendigo, particularly the sections on the wendigo as a concept and so-called "wendigo psychosis."

The Man in the Iron Mask, the guy not the movie.

Yahweh and Yahwism, an interesting predecessor to the Abrahamic faiths.

#wikipedia #fun facts #history #mythology #religion

[deahariasa]

❖ Etsy Shop ❖ Instagram ❖ Facebook Did you know that up until the migration period it is likely that Týr was the leader of the Germanic Gods, not Óðinn?⁠

The reason for this is the etymology of his name. Also known as Tīwaz, the noun is derived from the Proto-Indo-European deywós (heavenly, god-like) which is derived from dyēus which means "daylight-sky-god". And it is a common theme in mythology that a sky god was also the leader of a pantheon.⁠

In fact it is believed that Dyēus is the name of a Germanic deity from Proto-Indo-European mythology.⁠

Sadly there is no hard evidence that suggests that these theories are true. With many things in history it's a theory that some scholars believe and some don't. ⁠

⁠- 100% fake fur⁠

#tyr #norsegods #vikings #norse mythology #norse pagan #norse paganism #norse #norse witch #norse gods #norse heathen #norse aesthetic #norse art #viking art #heathens #pagan women #pagan witch #pagan community

[thecrazyneographist]

Andyeus

Name derived from "*Dyēus".

#neography #neography key #thecrazyneographist

[wikiesoterica]

[cybertronianchaoticbutterfly]

I recently remembered Hetalia a few days ago and how much I liked it years ago. Then the idea of a OC popped up.

To give more details about my headcanon involving this OC; in the early Bronze and late Copper age, Cultures were the predecessors of Nations. They weren't as strong but still immortal. They paved the way for future generations, especially those of the Pontic-Caspian Steppes. The lives of Cultures could be short compared to Nations.

Yamnaya, also called Yamna, the personification of the Yamnyna culture. First appearing in 3300 BCE, he was alone his 'parents', Khvalynsk, Repin and Sredny Stog, were already gone. Khvalynsk and Sredny Stog vanished 200 years ago. Repin vanished when he appeared. He had no one.

For years he put his people first. Developing horseback riding to handle larger herds of animals. He had a love of fighting, horses and herding. But as he watched his people have families, his wish for a family grew, something his people couldn't give him. He prayed to Dyēus phter and the other Proto-Indo-European gods to give him a family.

300 years after he appeared, his first 'son' appeared Corded Ware. He finally knew what it was like to have a son, a family. He raised Corded Ware just like he watched his people do. Corded Ware developed and grew into a Culture Yamnaya was proud of. Then Corded Ware went on his Koryos to the west. Leaving his father's land. Even if he was alone he was a proud Culture.

In 2800 BCE, his second son appeared; Poltavka. Once more Yamnaya was happy and began to raise him. In a surprise, 300 years later, another son appeared; Catacomb. Yamnaya was overjoyed! He thanked the gods for his sons. He raised them just like Corded Ware. But a Culture's life can be short, Yamnaya was no different.

In 2600 BCE, only 200 years after Catacomb appeared, Yamnaya vanished. But he vanished a happy Culture. His sons made him a proper kurgan of his people along with leaving a stele.

Appreciate wise, Yamnaya appears as a male of his culture. Large and strong, brown eyes and hair held in two braids with a silver clasp, along with a pointed brown beard. He has red ochre body paint. He is never seen without his copper mace. He also has a small dagger hanging from his belt.

His favorite food is milk and mead, along with fish.

Hobbies include metal working, herding, and horse riding.

Yamnaya is proud of his family. He is even proud of his descendents. He is horrified of the abandonment of the old deities by the descendent cultures, as he was a very religious person.

#Hetalia OC #OC #Hetalia Yamnaya

[ebayjz-blog]

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Show respect to your parents who are Wii-We-The-Many(PRIMORDIAL-PRIMEVAL-Creators'-Vessel)-I-Joseph-Alexander-Mannino-Zerilli-10-08-1984-Primordial-Primeval-Creators'-Vessel; Primordial Entities, Primordial Deities, Progenitors, Primeval Entities, First-Generation Primordials, Cosmic Entities, Higher Divinities, Expert Reality-Warpers, Multi-Dimensional Travelers, Kabbalah (Abrahamic), Protogenoi (Greco-Roman), Kotoamatsukami (Japanese), Ogdoad (Egyptian), Second-Generation of The Pre-existentials

Primordial Creators

Kabbalah (Abrahamic)

God - Abrahamic Primordial 'God' of Existence, Light, Good, Purity, Heaven, Order and Creation

Ayin - Abrahamic Primordial 'Goddess' of Non-Existence, Darkness, Evil, Impurity, Hell, Nothingness and Chaos

Barbelo - Abrahamic Primordial of Silence

Life - Primordial Entity of Life

Death - Primordial Entity of Death

The Darkness - Abrahamic Primordial 'Goddess' of Nothingness, Emptiness, Darkness and the Night

Protogenoi

Khaos - Pagan Primordial God of the Void, Nothingness and Creation.

Dʰéǵʰōm - Proto-Indo-European Primordial Goddess of the Earth and the Land

Dyēus - Proto-Indo-European Primordial God of the Sky and the Heavens

Chronos - Greek Primordial God of Time

Nyx - Greek Primordial Goddess of the Night

Erebus - Greek Primordial God of Darkness and Mist

Aether - Greek Primordial God of Light and the Upper Sky

Amor - Greek Primordial God of Love

Tartarus - Greek Primordial God of the Abyss (the Underworld)

Hýdros - Greek Primordial God of the Ocean, Sea and Water

Thésis - Greek Primordial Goddess of the Earth, Creation and Donation

Hemera - Greek Primordial Goddess of the Day

Pontus - Greek Primordial God of the Sea

Achlys - Greek Primordial Goddess of the Mist of Death and the Eternal Night

Ananke - Greek Primordial Goddess of Inevitability, Compulsion and Necessity

Aion - Greek Primordial God of the Ages

Caligo - Greek Primordial Goddess of the Abyss

Norse Primordials

Búri - Norse Æsir Primordial God of Creation

Ymir - Norse Jötnar Primordial God of Ice

Surtr - Norse Jötunn Primordial God of Fire

Auðumbla - Norse Primordial Creature of the Beginning

Ginnungagap - Norse Primordial Void

Ogdoad (Egyptian Primordials)

Nun - Egyptian Primordial God of the Watery Abyss and Masculine version of Naunet

Bennu - Egyptian Primordial God of Rebirth

Aten - Egyptian Primordial God of the Fire

Mehet-Weret - Egyptian Primordial Goddess of the Sky

Amun - Egyptian Primordial God of All Things Hidden and Masculine version of Amunet

Heh - Egyptian Primordial God of Infinity and Eternity and Masculine version of Hauhet

Kek - Egyptian Primordial God of the Darkness and the Day and Masculine version of Kauket

Qerḥ - Egyptian Primordial Snake God of the Night and Masculine version of Qerḥet

Mesopotamian Primordials

Abzu - Babylonian Primordial God of the Fresh Water

Tiamat - Babylonian Primordial Goddess of the Salt Water, the Ocean, the Primordial Chaos and Dragons

Nammu - Sumerian Primordial Goddess of Water, Life and Creation

Kotoamatsukami (Japanese Primordials)

Amenominakanushi - Shinto Primordial God of Creation and Control

Kami-Musubi - Shinto Primordial Goddess of Creation and Divinity

Takami-Musubi - Shinto Primordial Goddess of Creation and Conquest

Umashi'ashikabihikoji - Shinto Primordial God of Energy

Amenotokotachi - Shinto Primordial God of the Heavens

Hindu Primordials

Brahman - Hindu Primordial God of the Highest Universal Principle

Atman - Hindu Primordial God of the True Self of the Individual

Shakti - Hindu Primordial Goddess of Cosmic Energy of Existence

Mahadevi - Hindu Primordial Goddess of the Soul of Existence

Pralaya - Hindu Primordial of the Void

Aztec Primordials

Ōmeteōtl - Aztec Primordial God of Fertility, Nature and Duality

Cipactli - Aztec Primordial Eldritch Monster of the Primeval Seas

Finnish and Baltic Primordials

Ilmatar - Finnish Primordial Goddess of Chastity and the Air

Zoroastrian Primordials

Ahura Mazda - Zoroastrian Primordial God of Benevolence, Light, Creation and Wisdom

Angra Mainyu - Zoroastrian Primordial God of Malevolence, Darkness, Destruction and Chaos

Zurvan - Zoroastrian Primordial God of Neutrality, Duality, Infinitude and Space-Time

Other Primordials

Ouroboros - Primordial Dragon of Infinity

Ozgon - Primordial Entity of Fear

Father Time - Primordial Entity of Time

HWML and HWMD - Primordial Old God of Light and Darkness

Bondyé - Primordial God of Creation, Kindness, Goodness and Honesty

Primeval Creators

Aztec

Huitzilopochtli - Sun Primeval

Quetzalcoatl - Wisdom Primeval

Tezcatlipoca - Night Primeval

Xipe Totec - Agricultural Primeval

Chinese

Shenlong - Storm Primeval

Egyptian

Apep - Chaos Primeval

Atum - Creation Primeval

Khnum - Nile Primeval

Neith - Fertility Primeval

Ra - Sun Primeval

Thoth - Wisdom Primeval

Greek

Aphrodite - Love Primeval

Atropos - Moirai/Fate Primeval

Charon - Underworld Primeval

Clotho - Moirai/Fate Primeval

Eris - Discord Primeval

Geras - Aging Primeval

Hypnos - Dream Primeval

Keres - Death Primeval

Lachesis - Moirai/Fate Primeval

Momus - Misery Primeval

Moros - Doom Primeval

Nemesis - Retribution Primeval

Oizys - Misery Primeval

Thanatos - Death Primeval

Hindu

Brahma - Trimurti Primeval of Creation

Vishnu - Trimurti Primeval of Preservation

Shiva - Trimurti Primeval of Destruction

Saraswati - Tridevi Primeval of Knowledge, Music, Art, Wisdom and Nature

Lakshmi - Tridevi Primeval of Wealth, Fortune, Power, Beauty, Fertility and Auspiciousness

Parvati - Tridevi Primeval of Sex, Love, Beauty, Marriage, Children and Devotion

Kamiyonanayo (Japanese)

Kuninotokotachi - Creator Primeval

Toyokumunu - Cloud Primeval

Uhijini - Mud Primeval

Suhijini - Mud Primeval

Tsunuguhi - Animal Primeval

Ikuguhi - Plant Primeval

Ohotonoji - Sexuality Primeval

Ohotonobe - Sexuality Primeval

Omodaru - Completion Primeval

Ayakashikone - Completion Primeval

Norse

Borr - Aesir Primeval

Bestla - Aesir Primeval

Mesopotamian

Enki - Sea Primeval

Ninhursag - Mother and Fertility Primeval

Enlil - Air Primeval

Ninlil - Air Primeval

Damgalnuna - Motherhood and Fertility Primeval

Canaanite

Asherah - Fertility Primeval

Astarte - Love Primeval

Bethel

Dagon - Agriculture Primeval

El - Creator Primeval

Gebal

Other

Sara la Kali - Primeval Salvation

Mithra - Primeval Frienship

Ahriman - Primeval Desserts

Angra Mainyu - Primeval Evil

Ahura Mazda - Primeval Good

[tyrellia]

Thinking about how reconstructed Proto-Indo-European mythology implies that rain is Dyēus ph2tḗr’s* jizzing into Dʰéǵʰōm Méh₂tēr**

*Sky Father, ancestor of various European and Iranic sky deities

**Earth-mother, ancestor of various European and Iranic earth deities

[fredy-holzer]

fredy-holzer #fredyholzer por fredy holzer Por Flickr: #Ψυχή #精神病 #Jīngshénbìng #ψυχοπάθεια #psychopátheia #psicopatía #sicopatía #psychopathy #Psychopathie #monochrome #blackandwhite #psique #alma #mind #γνῶσις 

#CORRUPCIÓN #PSYCHOPATHY #SOCIOPATÍA #power #cleptocracia #reipublicae #negotiator #businessman #politique #control #dyēus #deidad #θρησκεία #religare #clerici #pädophilie #priest #sacerdote #archbishop #fe #yugo #panóptico #soborno #cohecho #colusión #impunidad #privilegio #nepotismo #fraude #discriminación

[shabosher]

Perun, the Slavic god of lightning and the sky. Created from an aspect of the supreme deity Rod, Perun’s counterpart: Veles, was believed to be his eternal rival. Sitting atop the world tree, Perun held complete power over the heavens and the physical world. However sometimes Veles in the form of a serpent would slither up from his abode in the underworld and up towards heaven, kidnapping Perun’s Cattle, wife, or daughters. In response Perun will chase the fleeing Veles across the earth, hurling thunderbolts at his rival, who would often hide behind other objects to protect himself from the power of Perun’s lightning. Eventually Perun defeats Veles and reclaims what was his, causing the storm to end.

Perun is an excellent example of both the thunderer and sky father archetypes, being descended from the Proto-indo-european gods Dyēus and Perkūnos. Perun was closely related to the Norse Thor as well as the Vedic Indra. Eventually Perun overtook Rod as the chief deity among Slavs, with his western equivalent Svarog doing the same. The hypothetical Slavic deity Belobog is most likely a roll that Perun filled.

#art #character design #mythology #perun #slavic #slavic mythology #pagan #lightning god #sky god #thunderer #sky father #chief god #deity

[baeddel]

encountered this post (it’s old, don’t bug them). i will grumble about it but they are right in what they’re saying. my problem is just that saying “these gods are not the same, they were just syncretised” would be extremely confusing to the ancient people who actually venerated those gods. and if you’re approaching it from a social-historical framework, what’s the difference? they were the same for a lot of people for a long time. they were not just syncretized by Roman literati, they were syncritized by their own cults. so i think the border is quite fuzzy. yeah, Isis was sometimes Athena and sometimes Fortuna. and so you want to say, ‘so Isis exists independently of Athena or Fortuna.’ but people decided Isis was Athena for some reason, and they decided she was Fortuna for some reason—not for no reason. and Isis was not always self-same; notions about her changed, different aspects were in emphasis. Monsieur Crawford makes this point about PIE Dyēus, who’s name becomes Greek Zeús, Latin Jūpiter, Sanskrit Dyáus, Norse Tȳr (see). this is a name which denotes a god which had a cult a very long time ago, and by following the evolution of its name one can get a sense for its hagiography, as it travels on the solar barque from place to place with the devout. yet, Crawford says, these gods arent really similar at all; they don’t have similar qualities, similar stories, or a related place in the pantheon. unless you’ll commit to a coextension between the god’s qualities and its cult’s testimony you won’t make sense of this very soon.

[cake-apostate]

You know what might be an interesting Proto-Fiend concept? The gods of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon, the one that’s being reconstructed by scholars. We don’t know anything for sure, and even their names and stories are (highly) educated guesses. 

Since (we’re pretty sure that) they existed but we don’t know enough about them, these gods would be imperfectly resurrected. Some would have a robotic motif like Aogami, but I can also see an undead motif, and they might inherit some features from their descendant deities. For example, the Sky Father god (Dyēus) could have Zeus’s arm blades. Some of them might be cobbled wholesale from their descendants with no ‘original’ parts, or in some cases they clone the ‘closest’ descendant and add stuff, like how Aogami was based on Koshimizu. 

Now I’m wondering if something like that happened with Aogami (spoilers below)

Was there a real Susano’o who died, and Aogami is Tsukuyomi’s attempt to bring his brother back to life? If so, he would have died centuries ago, since a Bethel scientist says that they’ve had Aogami ‘since ancient times’. 

Plus, that might explain why Aogami is completely different from how Susano’o is described in the myths. I can’t imagine him flaying a pony. 

#Shin Megami Tensei #smtv #smt5 #shin megami tensei v #shin megami tensei 5 #aogami

[suraanahita]

I saw an online friend of mine describe Ahura Mazda as “the deification of Sophía (wisdom) on a universal level”, it was an interesting perspective. I have a post abt the etymology of the name and it’s spiritual meanings. I will share it soon

Ahura Mazda also carries motifs of the “sky-father” concept... he is of the heavens, Armaiti (our “mother”) is the earth, the sun is his eye (exactly like dyēus and other mythological derivations), he is equated to Zeus amongst the Greeks, etc.

I should also do a post abt a “pre-zoroastrian” faith. I should just say that it’s not gonna be too different minus a) the philosophies concerning consciousness/spirit (like w/ our dualism) b) ethical emphasis on Asha c) Ahura Mazda... might not be there 🙃 it’s a debated topic

Although Iranic peoples were certainly Asura worshippers, and I suspect that the semantics of daeva vs ahura (or deva vs asura) do not seem to change. I definitely know however that it was not Zarathustra who introduced it. And fun fact: contrary to racist 18th-19th century scholars, “dasyus” aren’t “aboriginal south asians,” they were asura-worshipping Iranic peoples and the avesta mentions them too (dahae, cog. is dahyu/dahya which means ‘nation, peoples’ and not ‘enemy’ like in the Vedas).

Apam Napat-Mithra (equivalent of Varuna-Mitra pairing) could’ve been worshipped as “the head(s)” of this old pantheon of ahuras/asuras. For example, Apąm Napāt is once credited to be the creator of human beings in our writings... I think that is an old remnant of the culture before Zartosht’s revelation... bc clearly afterwards and generally speaking, Ahura Mazda, as the uncreated Creator, Wisdom itself, is the source of the divinities (who fight in alliance w/ our god) and all creation.

I also should also do a post abt “zurvanism.” I’ve read Saul Shaked’s works recently and other sources, Christian commentaries and histories from the Sassanid era, references made in the Dēnkard + some things Ancient Greeks said... I certainly do think there was an unorthodox cult associated with it at some point (Middle Persian sources seem to record it), at the same time, I think it is just Zoroastrianism — a foreign (mis-)understanding of the account given in the bundahišn, where ohrmazd and ahriman, as unmanifested spirits, lay w/in the realm of zurvan akarana aka boundless time/space; “ohrmazd and ahriman in zurvan’s womb”.

#zoroastrian #zurvanism #polythiesm #Mithra #yazata #Apam Napat #Ahura Mazda #history #it’s all very interesting #religion #mythology #ancient Iran #I’ve written abt the dualism btwn ahriman and ohrmazd before #in my tags somewhere #I should probably add to it #just like daevas are an aberration #so is Ahriman

[youkeepusinthatword]

Proto-Indo-European, the prehistorical language from which most of the languages of Europe and India are descended, had a “sky father” god, called  Dyēus Ph2ter, "Father Sky". Many languages eventually split off from this Proto-Indo-European (PIE) language, and they took the name of this god with them:

In Vedic (the language of the Indian religious classic The Rigveda), this god was called Dyáuṣ-pitṛ́.

In Greek, this god was called Zeus Pater (Ζεῦ πάτερ), or Zeus.

In Italic, the forerunner of Latin, this god was called Djous-patēr.

In Latin, this god was called Iūpiter, or Jupiter.

#proto-indo-european #language #mythology #greek mythology #roman mythology

[kaesaaurelia]

let us go down, and there confound their language

For @whumptober2020 day 5: Where Do You Think You're Going? (specifically "rescue" and "failed escape")

Continues on from day four, wherein Aziraphale met up with a distraught coworker, waited for Crawly at the base of the Tower of Babel, and then it fell on him.

Aziraphale/f!Crawly, content warning for large-scale disaster/building collapse.  (Also, parts of fic probably aren’t super accessible to screen readers, as I have included a few pieces of “dialogue” here and there that are full of nonstandard characters.  They are brief, and not meant to be understood.)

Aziraphale scanned the rubble for surviving humans.  He knew they were there, he'd been the one to save them.  As he pulled rocks off of a woman who had miraculously been sheltered from the worst of the bricks, but was still unconscious, he thought about whatever Nisroc was so distressed about, and wondered whether Crawly was all right, and a terrible thought occurred to him.  Had Crawly known about this disaster?  Had she suggested the meeting place on purpose?

She was a demon.  And she had been very angry with Heaven -- and with him? -- last time he'd seen her.

The idea upset him more than it should have.  It wasn't as if they were friends -- they were an angel and a demon, for Heaven's sake.  But still... there was something... nice about running into somebody you'd known for so long, and she was very kind for a demon.  Her heart was in the right place.  He'd thought it was, anyway.

He tried to put it out of his mind and concentrate on finding as many humans as he could to pull them out of the rubble and heal them.  He even revived a few of the dead ones -- the children, mainly, because Crawly's words just before the flood kept echoing in his mind.  As far as he knew, Crawly hadn't gone off and saved any of those children, she'd only been griping.  Aziraphale was the one doing something useful.

But an odd trend was starting to show itself, for every human he found who was conscious seemed to have got the exact sort of bump on the head that made them not speak properly, so he couldn't even explain what had happened.  They'd talk to him, in gibberish, and he'd try to be reassuring, but they didn't seem to understand at all.  It had been worrying on the first human he'd pulled from the rubble, but by the time he'd reached twelve, he was beginning to suspect demonic intervention.

(And what sort of business had Crawly had with that copper merchant, anyway?  She'd been awfully cagey about it.  Although, try as he might, Aziraphale couldn't think of anything particularly nefarious about the copper business, or how it might connect to a building collapsing.)

He was standing to the side taking a breather, for the hot sun and the dust had made it hard not to cough, when all his suspicions about demonic involvement in the disaster were confirmed, and three fellows -- three demons, specifically -- grabbed him by the shoulders and dragged him into an alley.  They all looked the same, so Aziraphale assumed they were that Legion one (that Legion many, rather) that Crawly always complained about.  One of them said something to Aziraphale, sounding very demanding, but he didn't understand any of the words.

"I'm sorry, didn't quite catch that," he said, apologetically.

They all looked at each other.  Then they started shouting gibberish at him, and Aziraphale realized they were just as confused as he was.

"Listen," he said, "you're not making a lot of sense.  Did you hit your heads?" he asked.  It was cruel of him, and he felt a bit bad about it, but he was going to find it very funny if they'd caused this awful disaster only to have it fall on their heads, literally.  Aziraphale didn't think there was a word for that, but there probably ought to be.

The demons gabbled at him.  They did seem to understand each other, which was unusual, and one of them shushed the others and began to speak very loudly and slowly to Aziraphale.  "tuH gʷʰen- káput?" the demon shouted at him.

"Oh, this is absurd," said Aziraphale.  "Can't you just heal yourselves?"

The shouty demon turned to his comrades.  "gʰabʰ sekʷ-dyēus gʷʰerm-per-pōds," he told them, and they nodded, like that made sense.  They made to grab him again, but Aziraphale reflexively spread his wings in self-defense -- and instantly was in agony.  He had forgotten how horribly broken they were, and it turned out that having his wings out made it much, much easier for them to chain him up, because he could claw and bite and kick all he wanted, but one of the demons had seized his left wing and whenever he yanked on it the pain was unbearable.

"steH₂!" one of the demons snarled at him once they'd got the manacles on, and Aziraphale got to his feet, miserably.

They seemed about to lead him away, when one of them said "h₂éngʷʰis!"

"h₂éngʷʰis?" the other two asked, confused, and then Crawly ran up to them, breathing hard.  Aziraphale hoped she would be able to sort this out, and that she hadn't, in fact, been part of this at all.

"ʔarbay!" she shouted at the three demons, and they paused what they were doing, and looked at each other.

"tuH gʷʰen- káput?" one of them asked him.

Crawly looked despairing at this.  "ḳudš?" she asked, apparently addressing Aziraphale.  She looked so hopeful.

"Ah.  I'm afraid I can't understand you either," he said.

Crawly sighed.  "ʔVšk!" she said vehemently, and Aziraphale didn't really have to know the word to know what sense she'd meant it in.  She began to argue with the other demons, gesturing frequently at Aziraphale, and he got the impression she was trying to talk them into giving Aziraphale to her.  But they didn't seem to understand her reasoning any more than Aziraphale did, and finally the three demons started walking away from her, dragging Aziraphale along with them, Crawly trailing behind, looking worried.  She kept trying to speak comfortingly to Aziraphale, but the only word he could make out consistently was "ḳudš," and he could not imagine what this was supposed to mean.

They came then to an open portal to Hell, which was never a comforting sight -- it looked like a simple doorway, but the stairs and the darkness beyond suggested they went down further than any basement in Babylon had any right to be.

The other demons insisted Crawly go through first, and after another incoherent argument, she did, looking apologetically to Aziraphale as she began the long descent.

"You little assholes ready to go?" said a voice full of brittle cheer, and Aziraphale turned with a shock to see that Nisroc was standing behind them, accompanied by another one of the Legions.  She still looked horrible -- she had clearly been crying more -- and Aziraphale felt terrible for her until he realized that she wasn't chained.

Under any other circumstances he would have been relieved at finally finding someone who he understood, but he was still trying to wrap his head around the fact that she was going along with them willingly.  "What are you doing?" he asked her.

"Oh boy, this is gonna be awkward," she said.  "But hey, good news!" she said, with an over-wide smile.  "I passed my test!"  Her smile dissolved, and she blinked back tears.  "You were super sweet to be concerned, and it was really nice of you to go around saving all those people -- seriously, thank you -- but uh, we're all pretty much fucked today, I guess.  I'm really sorry about whatever happens next.  But I did tell you to leave."  And with that, Nisroc walked into Hell, and didn't look back.

[next part]

#whumptober2020 #no.5 #where do you think you're going #rescue #failed escape #good omens #fic #collapsed building #aziraphale #anthony j crowley #ineffable husbands #fallen principality nisroc #text #fiction #kaesa op