Anon01/20/26, 01:28No.554484409
[...would seem that, over the course of history, as mythology was passed down from generation to generation, many of the deity's characteristics were attributed to various other individuals; mainly Theons and their hosts. The evil deeds of "slaughtering men and drinking their blood and devouring newborns in their cots," for example, have long been associated with the legendary Sekhmet and Neferu (known more colloquially as the "Crimson Scourge")][Although Sekhmet's atrocities did indeed include sanguination and cannibalization, recent historical documents uncovered through the Medici Foundation for Historical Preservation have revealed that cases of mothers and expectant mothers being found extensively mutilated continued well after the Crimson Scourge's reign. These attacks also follow Lamashtu's alleged "hunting periods" i.e. the end of spring to late autumn. In every recorded instance, the cases featured but were not limited to: the tell-tale disfiguration of the left half of the face, the violent dismemberment of the fetus/neonate and the mother's womb, and multiple symbols connected to the deity found scrawled nearby or on the victims themselves. These marks were usually made in blood or fecal matter. This is theorized to have been both a way to "enhance" the sacrifice and to humiliate the victims before death.])[Unique to Lamashtu is that, for reasons unknown, she is described as having "seven names." Although the exact names have never been recorded (or perhaps still undiscovered), pre-Canopian theologians and historians have theorized that these names are phonetic corruptions, or variations, on Lamashtu's "first name". The reason behind these seven titles is unknown, though some theologians speculate the number seven held a then-widely understood mystical or magical property to it. As of writing, four names have been associated to Lamashtu: Lamma, Tamas-Lu, (or Kūqì Zhī Mǔ, the Mother of Tears), Lamuria, and...)]
