Tag: enkidu
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Who are Gilgamesh and Enkidu?
from kimgraaemunch.wordpress.com: “There are at least two levels or stories in this epos. There is the story about two human beings and their endeavors, and there is the story about mankind, where Enkidu symbolizes the sentient soul and Gilgamesh the Mind soul, the Ego. On the personal plane we learn through Enkidu the descent into…
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gilgamesh & search for life, part 2
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, part 1, the semi-divine Sumerian King made a hasty retreat from ‘The Landing Place’ in the Cedar Mountains after Inanna asked Anu to send the Bull of Heaven to smite the King for rebuffing her.The Bull is slain by Enkidu after catching up with Gilgamesh and his android companion, outside…
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epic of gilgamesh: a narrated audio version
A reading of a semi-divine Sumerian King’s search for immortality, the Epic of Gilgamesh, is available here. Thanks goes to Helvis213 for his effort in this well done production. There are other epic tales available at Helvis213’s You Tube Channel. The modern version of Gilgamesh’s adventure starring Dubya, while not quite an ancient epic, will…
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Gilgamesh & the Search for the ‘Landing Place’, Part 1
Who needs a television action hero when the Epic of Gilgamesh supplies the real thing? Gilgamesh, the fifth king of Uruk, a Sumerian city-state circa 2500 BC, fulfills any reader’s need for epic adventure.