Israa al-Nasrawi

how hyperfixations and special interests start

CANAAN RESOURCES - UPDATED 1/24/25 Hello! Since I’ve started posting about it I’ve noticed an increase in interest about Canaan, Canaanite religion, and adjacent subjects. I decided it’d be a good idea to compile a list of sources here...

YESSSS here's my public doc!! docs.google.com/document/d/1... i've tried to make notes of antiquated and racist stuff but it's unfortunately still prevalent. i also have a scan of a bunch of translations of the myth and an analysis on anat if u want me to dm/email them :)

AHHH THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME 😭 it makes my heart light up to know that and to know ive made people more interested in this little corner of history.. if you'd like i have a google doc i've been sharing for a few months now amassing canaan resources and some book scans if youre interested!!!!

[CANAAN] 'NT HBLY, 'Anat the Destroyer, rides eagerly to battle

The mythological evidence for this is super scarce due to its fragmented condition, but I like to think that Shapash was "created" by El the same way El was supposed to have created the world, his chief wives Asherah and Rahmaya, and Mot. His first step to becoming a girl dad.

the starer

[CANAAN] Shapash, Lamp of the Gods, Luminary of the Heavens, Eternal Lady. Based her off a couple of my cousins from Nazareth*.

(*Minus the hydrogen stars in her face)

precision airstrike circa 5000 BCE

Yatpan POV when Anat drops him from the sky to kill Aqhat

The description of "[She] who shoulders water" reminded me a lot of Palestinian and Syrian women carrying water on their heads which was the inspiration for Pughat's pose :) (Always admiring the poise and core strength these women show so effortlessly!)

her descriptions, in my opinion, seem to show her as someone strong from working the land, knowledgeable of agriculture, and proficient in divination of the stars which is likely how she found out her brother was murdered before anyone else (the text is broken there).

[CANAAN/AQHAT] sketches of the princess Pughat, sister and avenger of Aqhat, known as "[She] who shoulders water, sweeps the dew from the barley, knows the course of the stars".

part of the same wip, the princess Pughat of the Aqhat epic, the younger sister and avenger of Aqhat. in the text its specifically mentioned that Pughat dons her armor over her dress instead of transitioning to a man's skirt like Anat does which is a cool detail imo :). with and w/o mourning scars

in the bronze age, whoever has the tallest hat wins

a DIFFERENT anat wip. can you tell she's all i think about.

again. this moderation is more regressive than the average society in the middle east 5000 years ago

this app wants me to kill myself

another anat wip. i dont post much on here bc of the censorship but have this. Anat bathing in celestial dew, the ablution if the stars after her battle in the valley

anat and canaan r my special interests not a day goes by where i dont think about them or research them im literally downloading as many publications about them as possible every day. her design being accurate fucking MATTERS TO ME!

come ON man im so fucking angry SHE DOESNT WEAR A SHIRT THERES AT LEAST ONE TIT OUT EVERY TIME SHE BEARS WEAPONS

"just draw her with a shirt" FUCKING NO???? WARRIORS OF CANAAN AND EGYPT FOUGHT SHIRTLESS IN KILTS!!!!! SHE DRESSES! AS! A! MAN! why is this fucking website more regressive than the fucking BRONZE AGE

idk if im more or less mad that Michelangelo's David also got sniped. whatever it does it tells me that this place isnt for me and caters to an entirely childish view of the human body and politicizes artistic and heroic nudity

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BWTEEN WHAT I POSTED AND THIS? COLOR? DO I HAVE TO POST ARTISTIC NUDITY IN GREYSCALE? OR BECAUSE SHE HAS TITS? IS THAT IT? TITS? A SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTIC AND NOT REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS? FUCK YOU!!!

this might just keep me away from here forever. I MARKED IT AS ARTISTIC NUDITY! I DID IT OF MY OWN VOLITION! NOW ITS FUCKING HIDDEN BC OF lhurr durr adult content when its fucking NOT!!!!

I FUCKING HATE IT HERE. ITS NOT ADULT CONTENT ITS ARTISTIC NUDITY, THE HEROIC NUDE, THE DIVINE NUDE, SHES A CLASSICAL GODDESS AND I CENSORED HER THANG ANYWAY! IT IS CENTRAL TO HER MYTHOS THAT SHE IS BARECHESTED BECAUSE SHE IS "she who dresses as a man, and paints herself as a woman" YOU DUMB FUCKS

so annoying :/ because i guarantee if i posted the statue of David or any roman emperor's statue in heroic nude itd be 'fine' by these filters.

some details. ill be interested to see if ppl pick up on all the stuff i integrated to tie her into canaan and the wider world

[CANAAN] 'ANAT, goddess, betulat, hunter, warrior -- Queen of Heaven and lady of Palestine

i can tag or whatever but i hate HATE hate flagging the human body as pornographic because its not and i will always stand by it

does this platform still auto censor heroic/divine/artistic nudity or can i post my most recent thing here