tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post7772512990365595116..comments2024-03-28T05:05:30.116-04:00Comments on mainewords: Irkallamshatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-91680248901140042782016-04-15T16:00:46.158-04:002016-04-15T16:00:46.158-04:00This is true for folks right here on Earth, too. N...This is true for folks right here on Earth, too. Not for all, but some tend to enjoy the gray life. The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-63266875161565879332016-04-11T22:14:09.591-04:002016-04-11T22:14:09.591-04:00This is new to me, and interesting. Many cultures ...This is new to me, and interesting. Many cultures have an underworld - and they usually have a cost associated with travelling there (especially if you aren't dead. . .)D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-4258664444227083372016-04-11T21:48:34.298-04:002016-04-11T21:48:34.298-04:00Never heard of that one, but I love her name. Eres...Never heard of that one, but I love her name. Ereshkigal... Why don't we use cool names like that for our kids? Would have been way more exciting than growing up with 100+ Mikes and Ashleys. Michhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456803425068822920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-85108573008697754512016-04-11T21:12:19.905-04:002016-04-11T21:12:19.905-04:00Interesting idea. I guess each culture envisions a...Interesting idea. I guess each culture envisions an afterlife that they deserve?Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-14851107757880297342016-04-11T20:51:24.526-04:002016-04-11T20:51:24.526-04:00Anyone who mentions Discworld is ok in my book.Anyone who mentions Discworld is ok in my book.pamlovesbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098703518001483877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-55893442584833331672016-04-11T18:09:21.887-04:002016-04-11T18:09:21.887-04:00Dreary here in NY too. Terrific and spine tingling...Dreary here in NY too. Terrific and spine tingling post! Donna McDinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959673932828354020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-19286391178162375542016-04-11T14:03:15.314-04:002016-04-11T14:03:15.314-04:00That seems a dreadful place. ~shudders~ I'm ho...That seems a dreadful place. ~shudders~ I'm hoping to reach heaven, for sure.<br /><a href="http://darlamsands.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Awakening Dreams and Conquering Nightmares with a Pen</a><br />Take care!Darla M Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212760625717298992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-62784269332180364692016-04-11T12:25:25.995-04:002016-04-11T12:25:25.995-04:00I like the quote - "I didn't expect to se...I like the quote - "I didn't expect to see you so soon". Funny. today is a gray dreary day in TX, but I'm not dead yet....Whew!Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-68095910399112191452016-04-11T11:22:04.121-04:002016-04-11T11:22:04.121-04:00Great post! Whenever my life gets too dreary and g...Great post! Whenever my life gets too dreary and grey, I change it. I've never heard of Irkalla. Interesting stuff. Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674648154579013578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-55454766563618946672016-04-11T10:50:34.679-04:002016-04-11T10:50:34.679-04:00I can see how that would become hellish rather fas...I can see how that would become hellish rather fast. Look at how people in the north get in the north will all of those gray skies. Horribly depressed, that's how. I'm thinking that would not be much fun...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-44121715877768259542016-04-11T10:40:52.516-04:002016-04-11T10:40:52.516-04:00Being a mythology fan myself, I'm always fasci...Being a mythology fan myself, I'm always fascinated at how different cultures personified death. Gray and colorless seems to be a common theme of death gods. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-21067640093913749662016-04-11T10:27:16.953-04:002016-04-11T10:27:16.953-04:00Laughing at Alex's comment (at least the first...Laughing at Alex's comment (at least the first line...). <br /><br />That's an interesting illustration.M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-34541484878607877252016-04-11T09:25:03.047-04:002016-04-11T09:25:03.047-04:00Somehow, dreary underworlds don't make sense t...Somehow, dreary underworlds don't make sense to me... It had to be hard to live with that idea of the afterlife. I do love the part of the epic of Gilgamesh where there is a tavern in the Underworld with the Goddess of Beer... :D<br /><br />@TarkabarkaHolgy from <br /><a href="http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Multicolored Diary</a> <br /><a href="http://hungarykum.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">MopDog</a><br />A Tarkabarka Hölgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719668142192116685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-29038943318103481952016-04-11T07:01:08.137-04:002016-04-11T07:01:08.137-04:00Alex is so funny. But it is true like he says that...Alex is so funny. But it is true like he says that sometimes people live like that in real life. It can be easy to go for a sad, grey life in hard times. I try not to go there. It sounds so sad.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-25141509505784257352016-04-11T06:28:26.178-04:002016-04-11T06:28:26.178-04:00You mean like my job?
Just kidding! I like what I ...You mean like my job?<br />Just kidding! I like what I do.<br />Some people already live a grey life. How much more dreary for them then?Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-5982903307594193022016-04-11T06:15:05.767-04:002016-04-11T06:15:05.767-04:00A grey eternity? Bleah.A grey eternity? Bleah.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com