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    The Epic of Gilgamesh is considered one of the earliest works of literature. It was originally written in tablets in Old Babylonian dating back to around 2000 BC. The epic follows the story of Gilgamesh, a legendary king of Uruk, and his adventures with his friend Enkidu. Some of the main events summarized are Gilgamesh and Enkidu slaying the monster Humbaba who guarded the Cedar Forest, Gilgamesh rejecting the advances of the goddess Ishtar, and Gilgamesh seeking the secret to immortality from the flood survivor Utnapishtim.

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh is considered one of the earliest works of literature. It was originally written in tablets in Old Babylonian dating back to around 2000 BC. The epic follows the story of Gilgamesh, a legendary king of Uruk, and his adventures with his friend Enkidu. Some of the main events summarized are Gilgamesh and Enkidu slaying the monster Humbaba who guarded the Cedar Forest, Gilgamesh rejecting the advances of the goddess Ishtar, and Gilgamesh seeking the secret to immortality from the flood survivor Utnapishtim.

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    Epic of Gilgamesh

    known as the ‘first great masterpiece of world


    literature’.
    Epic of Gilgamesh
    • written in tablets like the one shown here Tablet V).
    • dates back to the old Babylonian period, 2003–1595
    BC and is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah
    Museum, Iraq
    • Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about
    Bilgamesh (Sumerian for "Gilgamesh"), king of 
    Uruk, dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100
    BC). 

    Reverse side of the newly discovered tablet V


    Babylon
    • Kingdom of
    Mesopotamia
    Tablet
    What we can learn from the
    Story
    • Mesopotamian culture and their religion:
     Gender division – Strong male leader
     Leadership – just rulers
     Rights of citizens
    • Human relationships
     a story of human relationships, feelings, loneliness,
    friendship, loss, love, revenge and the fear of death.
    Mesopotamia
    RELIGION
    Polytheistic (attached to natural phenomena with gods
    that were very heavily personified).
    Relationships with these gods (would pick their favorite or
    least favorite to guide or destroy).
    Idea of afterlife is created as dark and gray.
    CHARACTERS
    Gilgamesh
    Enkidu
    Humbaba
    GILGAMESH

    • two-thirds god and one-third man.


    • wisest, strongest, and most handsome
    of all mortals.
    • king of the city-state Uruk (builds a
    huge wall around the city).
    ENKIDU
    • mortal/god like Gilgamesh.
    • created from clay and is sent to live among
    the animals.
    • wartime comrade and friend of king 
    Gilgamesh.
    • known as the equal to Gilgamesh, but is
    more native and primal.
    • for peace in Uruk, he is made to fight
    Gilgamesh for the right to rule.
    Humbaba.
    • great and terrible guardian of the Cedar
    Forest.
    • Confronted by best friends Enkidu and
    Gilgamesh (who were backed by the Sun
    God)
    • offers to make Gilgamesh king of the forest,
    to cut the trees for him, and to be his slave
    Enkidu
    • Rival of Gilgamesh but later became his friend.
    • Created by goddess Aruru in response to the
    complaints of the people against the abuses of
    Gilgamesh
    • Abundantly hairy and primitive, he lives
    roaming with the herds and grazing and
    drinking from rivers with the beasts. 
    • Together with Gilgamesh slayed the monster 
    Humbaba
    Ishtar
    • Babylonian goddess of Fertility, Love, Storms,
    and War, and is arguably the most important
    mother goddess of Mesopotamia.
    • bears the title of "Queen of Heaven."
    • invited Gilgamesh after his victory over
    Humbaba
    • fascinated by the beauty of Gilgamesh, offers him
    to be his wife in exchange for wealth and fame;
    • Rejected by Gilgamesh, goes to her father Anu,
    to demand the Bull of Heaven to take revenge
    Utnapishtim
    • survivor of a mythological flood whom Gilgamesh consults
    about the secret of immortality.
    • was the only man to escape death, having preserved
    human and animal life in the great boat he built, he and
    his wife were deified by the god Enlil.
    • directed Gilgamesh to a plant that would renew his youth
    Cedar Forest

    In Cedar Forest, Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill the demigod


    Humbaba, who is the guardian of the forest.
    Related readings

    • /content/enforced/7306-English17/A-short-version-of-The-E
    pic-of-Gilgamesh.pdf
    Reinforcement
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98UOxnw-Cxg&t=7s
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LtS8bqaUo8
    TO DO
    • content/enforced/7306-English17/Gilgamesh Review Jeopa
    rdy Review Game Answer Key.pdf
    • Images by:
    By BabelStone (Own work), CC0,
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?
    curid=10755114
    By Urban at French Wikipedia - photo by Urban,
    CC BY-SA 3.0,
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?
    curid=1665473
    Sources
    • https://www.britannica.com/topic/Utnapishtim
    • https://
    www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/babylonia
    • https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gilgamesh/characters/
    Sources
    • Hannah Jensen, from Olney Illinois, written paper for Dr.
    Lee Patterson’s Ancient Near East course in the Fall 2015.
    • https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gilgamesh/characters/
    Tablet five[edit]

    Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh

    Reverse side of the newly discovered tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh. It dates back to the old Babylonian period, 2003–1595 BC and is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah
    Museum, Iraq
    The heroes enter the cedar forest. Humbaba, the guardian of the Cedar Forest, insults and threatens them. He accuses Enkidu of betrayal, and vows to disembowel
    Gilgamesh and feed his flesh to the birds. Gilgamesh is afraid, but with some encouraging words from Enkidu the battle commences. The mountains quake with the
    tumult and the sky turns black. The god Shamash sends 13 winds to bind Humbaba, and he is captured. Humbaba pleads for his life, and Gilgamesh pities him. He
    offers to make Gilgamesh king of the forest, to cut the trees for him, and to be his slave. Enkidu, however, argues that Gilgamesh should kill Humbaba to establish his
    reputation forever. Humbaba curses them both and Gilgamesh dispatches him with a blow to the neck, as well as killing his seven sons.[24] The two heroes cut down
    many cedars, including a gigantic tree that Enkidu plans to fashion into a gate for the temple of Enlil. They build a raft and return home along the Euphrates with the
    giant tree and (possibly) the head of Humbaba.

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