Updated list of my books, so far (thread)!. First:. Unburning Fame: Horses, Dragon, Beings of Smoke, and Other Indo-European Motifs in Ugarit and the Hebrew Bible (2017). and. Drought, Death, and the Sun in Ugarit and Ancient Israel: A Philological and Comparative Study (2014)

Ugaritic words of the day: . ḥ-š – "to hurry" . gly – "to travel, to be on one's way, to be off."

RT @OlaWikander: Dehadṛṣṭyā tu dāso ’haṃ .jīvadṛṣṭyā tvadaṃśakaḥ |.ātmadṛṣṭyā tvam evāham.iti me niścitā matiḥ ||. - Adhyātma-Rāmāyaṇa. "S….

Is it really true that "no schools" (metaphorically or literally) teach German in the UK? Must be bollocks, right?

The fact that a book one published back in '08 still finds new readers is very gratifying (this is my intro book on Indo-European)!.

For no reason at all, my "analogy based" description of the various seasons of Agents of SHIELD: .S1: Metal Gear Solid. S2: The 4400. S3: All of Lovecraft. S4: The Matrix on occult/magical steroids. S5: Chrono Trigger. S6: Mass Effect. S7: Chrono Cross meets The Terminator.

Not seldom, one sees this question being posed: "Why are modern Scandinavians not at all like raiding Vikings? Why oh why?". And I'm like:."How similar are you to Alfred of Wessex and Byrhtnoth. or, idk, Hengist and Rowena?".

Actually, constantly doing the "Viking" thing in relation to modern Scandinavia is about the most cringe thing one can do. At least in a Swedish context, it makes you come off as an absurdly rabid sports fan (at best) or like a Nazi (at worst).

Every time Anglo-Americans refer to modern Scandinavians as "Vikings" or "Norse", I want to call them "Saxon marauders".

RT @163fighter: @schumisnoopy

People on here discussing the IQ of Vikings and modern Scandinavians and its relationship to societal development and I just want to die of shame. Shame on their part. Sekundärskam.

You can't make this shit up:.

There are joinable religious movements, some of which. hrrmmm. I have more than a passing acquaintence with. that very deliberately make it very much a non-trivial task to join.

Certain people would be so, so surprised to realize that many religious people (and, for that matter, many whole religions!) have *zero* interest in "evangelizing" or converting people.

Northwest-Semitic-in-Greek-Transcription-in-Magical-Papyri name of the day: . SEMESILAM .(meaning "Eternal Sun"; cf. Phoenician Šmš ʿlm and Ugaritic Špš ʿlm; In Hebrew, it would be ��emeš ʿôlām).

RT @OlaWikander: Ugaritic word of the day:.Tdrq ("march, walking, gait").

Ugaritic word of the day:.Tdrq ("march, walking, gait").

RT @victorsmalm: När jag sa att AI skulle göra oss till fullkomliga idioter skrattade ni, sen lät Ebba Busch den hitta på ett citat och tyc….

RT @OlaWikander: Ugaritic word of the day:.My/mh ("water").

Och Mikael Wiehe har alzheimers. Fan. Världens förgänglighet ännu en gång.

Ugaritic word of the day:.My/mh ("water").