CLT-3378 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Humbaba, Enkidu, Mashu
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Language of work: akkadian (in cuneiform script: gilgamesh, actual, historical figure, sumerian king (ca. 2800-2500 bce: unug (akkadian uruk, bilgames, legendary/mythical figure (= hero, 2/3 divine, 1/3 human, son of. Epic of gilgamesh: goddess ninsun, king lugalbanda (deified, standard version (c. 1200-650 bce) = babylonian, 12 tablet version, flood myth (utnapishtim) = part of tablet 11. Epic of gilgamesh: ishtar and the bull of heaven: gilgamesh cleans up (robe, crown, ishtar (goddess of sexual desire and war) wants him, gilgamesh, rejects her, her lovers = unlucky (cf. Aphrodite: ishtar complains to father anu (= divine council myth, bull of heaven, raise dead, eat living, bull vs. uruk, enkidu, bull by tail, gilgamesh, bull, sword. **gilgamesh wants to achieve immortality to escape death. **gives gilgamesh crucial information: if you do cross the sea, find urshanabi. Urshanabi and utnapishtim: urshanabi = ferryman across sea, gilgamesh asks utnaphistim (immortality) **says that it is a long story, but, cf.
