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minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoHonestly, I think Sumerian or Akkadian would be better but Latin does have its charms.
minus-squarewraekscadu@vargar.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoEhh honestly, can’t something as powerful and as long lived as Satan just… Know all spoken languages? Imagine Satan trying to seduce you, but unable to buy your soul because he can’t speak your language fluently. Would be a funny setup, but kinda lame
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoSo if you were like a terminally online furry would Satan be all uwu *buys your soul*
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago*notices your soul* OwO what’s this?
minus-squareBucketBong@p.hobo.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSatan: vende mihi animam tuam pro maximo desiderio Me: what’s this about my verandah? Satan: vende mihi animam tuam pro maximo desiderio Me: Sorry, I… I got to get going, I got an appointment, hope you get help with whatever the fuck you need.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoYes but how many Sumerian or Akkadian grimoires survive today in their original language?
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoNowhere as many as Latin. As far as ancient languages, Egyptian magical texts definitely outnumber Akkadian and Sumerian. A large number of surviving Akkadian texts are commercial or official records. The most famous is probably the complaint against Ea Nasir.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoUnfortunately we know what latin sounds like (though most of hollywood has only a vague concept), and nobody speaks ancient Egyptian of Akkadian. From what I gather even reading either is a nightmare…
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Honestly, I think Sumerian or Akkadian would be better but Latin does have its charms.
Ehh honestly, can’t something as powerful and as long lived as Satan just… Know all spoken languages?
Imagine Satan trying to seduce you, but unable to buy your soul because he can’t speak your language fluently. Would be a funny setup, but kinda lame
So if you were like a terminally online furry would Satan be all uwu *buys your soul*
*notices your soul* OwO what’s this?
Satan: vende mihi animam tuam pro maximo desiderio
Me: what’s this about my verandah?
Satan: vende mihi animam tuam pro maximo desiderio
Me: Sorry, I… I got to get going, I got an appointment, hope you get help with whatever the fuck you need.
Yes but how many Sumerian or Akkadian grimoires survive today in their original language?
Nowhere as many as Latin. As far as ancient languages, Egyptian magical texts definitely outnumber Akkadian and Sumerian.
A large number of surviving Akkadian texts are commercial or official records. The most famous is probably the complaint against Ea Nasir.
Unfortunately we know what latin sounds like (though most of hollywood has only a vague concept), and nobody speaks ancient Egyptian of Akkadian.
From what I gather even reading either is a nightmare…
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