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+ | |text= Dad always had a theory about Croatoan. He thought it was a demon's name, sometimes known as Deva, sometimes Resheph. A demon of plague and pestilence. | ||
+ | |author= Sam | ||
+ | |source= [[2.09 Croatoan]] | ||
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According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resheph Wikipedia], | According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resheph Wikipedia], | ||
− | : | + | :"Resheph was a Semitic god of plague and war. He bore the head of a gazelle on his forehead and was an important member of the pantheon of Ugarit though not mentioned in Ugaritic mythological texts." |
[http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://home.comcast.net/%7Echris.s/myth.html Christopher Siren] identifies Resheph as a Mesopotamian God of pestilence ([http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa102197.htm source]). | [http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://home.comcast.net/%7Echris.s/myth.html Christopher Siren] identifies Resheph as a Mesopotamian God of pestilence ([http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa102197.htm source]). | ||
− | This is not the first time Mesopotamianism has cropped up in speculation around Supernatural's mytharc | + | This is not the first time Mesopotamianism has cropped up in speculation around Supernatural's mytharc: there's a theory that [[Dean's Amulet]] is a Mesopotamian figure. |
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Latest revision as of 07:59, 23 April 2013
Dad always had a theory about Croatoan. He thought it was a demon's name, sometimes known as Deva, sometimes Resheph. A demon of plague and pestilence.
– Sam, 2.09 Croatoan
According to Wikipedia,
- "Resheph was a Semitic god of plague and war. He bore the head of a gazelle on his forehead and was an important member of the pantheon of Ugarit though not mentioned in Ugaritic mythological texts."
Christopher Siren identifies Resheph as a Mesopotamian God of pestilence (source).
This is not the first time Mesopotamianism has cropped up in speculation around Supernatural's mytharc: there's a theory that Dean's Amulet is a Mesopotamian figure.