Gilgamesh Reaksyon sa Epikong Mesopotamiko

One of the great cities in ancient Sumer was the city of Uruk. Legend says that once upon a time, on the banks of the Euphrates, in the great city of Uruk, there lived a king named Gilgamesh. In fact, a king named Gilgamesh may actually have existed. His name is on the Sumerian List of Kings.

The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of King Gilgamesh. It waswritten thousands of years ago. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a storythat recounts the many adventures that our hero, Gilgamesh, experienced in his search for everlasting life.

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The story opens with an unnamed narrator who states, “I willproclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh.” Thenarrator introduces himself before he introduces the hero, King Gilgamesh of Uruk, and by doing so, he welcomes usinto the story.

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The narrator explains that after Gilgamesh returned from hisjourney, and after he had rested, Gilgamesh engraved thewhole story of his adventures on a clay tablet. It is that story, Gilgamesh’s own story, that the narrator is sharing with us in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

It’s important to know that the ancient Sumerians believed in many, many gods. They believed in super powerful gods, like the god of the sky and the god of the sea. And, they believed in little tiny gods, like the household god who watched over the broom they used to sweep their house, or the god in the tree out back who watched over that particular tree. Each of these magical creatures had special powers. They did not all have the same special powers, but they were each magical in their own special way. These various magical creatures did have something in common. They were immortal, which means they could live forever.

The narrator is quick to tell us that the kingof Uruk, the great King Gilgamesh, wastwo-thirds god and one-third man. Becauseof this, Gilgamesh was far more beautifuland far more courageous than a commonperson. Gilgamesh was not just a hero; hewas the first superhero! Yet, according tothis story, he was also mortal, which mightexplain why he was determined to find thekey to everlasting life - so he could live forever like the rest of the gods.

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Gilgamesh was the King of Uruk. Though he was King, he didn’t care about his people. He only cared about himself. And nobody could do anything about it because, not only was he a king, and not only was he the biggest, baddest guy in all of ancient Mesopotamia, but he was also two-thirds god and one-third mortal.

He was strong enough to pick up mountains. He was fast enough to dive down to the deepest point in the ocean and back again in just one breath. But he couldn’t fly. And he couldn’t live forever. It was that “couldn’t live forever” part that really got his camel. After all, wasn’t he a god? Well, not totally anyway. Maybe it was that, but for whatever reason, Gilgamesh was nearly always very cranky.

He was also very bored. He had run out of cities to conquer. All the monsters ran away the minute they heard he was coming. Basically, he had nothing to do except mope about and scare his citizens silly with his tempers and his tantrums and his bawdy bad ways.

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The gods looked down and decidedthat what Gilgamesh needed was achallenge. So, they created a reallywild man, one who was stronger andfaster than Gilgamesh, and theynamed him Enkidu. The gods sentEnkidu down to earth to cutGilgamesh down to size. Enkidu wentroaring into the city of Uruk, whereGilgamesh had his palace.

Immediately, Gilgamesh perked up. The two men - gods roared and wrestled and bit and scratched, but neither could beat the other. Soon, they started laughing, and they became the very best of friends. Since there was nothing much to do around town, the citizens of Uruk were most relieved when they heard that the two men-gods had gone off to the forbidden cedar forest, looking for monsters to battle. This was very good news, everyone agreed!

The forest was forbidden because it was guarded by the evil demon Humbaba. The most evil thing he did was to make fun of people, which hurt peoples’ feelings. Gilgamesh and Enkidu tried to hide when they spotted Humbaba, but his teasing made them so mad that they came out of hiding and ran full tilt into him. Surprised by the attack, Humbaba fell over. Gilgamesh raised his sword to cut off Humbaba’s head, but he wasn’t quick enough. Before he could kill the evil demon, the demon put a curse on Enkidu. Shortly thereafter, Enkidu became sick and died.

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Gilgamesh was incredibly sad. Enkidu was thefirst best friend he ever had. Gilgamesh sat inthe forbidden forest and drank from the forbiddenstream and thought things over. Gilgamesh hadheard stories of the incredible plant of everlastinglife. He had heard that the plant grew in thedarkest regions of the universe. He decided it wastime to find this special plant. He started walkin

After 40 days and 40 nights, Gilgamesh came to apass in the mountains. Two huge, giant, extremelybig demon scorpions guarded the pass. “Go back, little man, ” sneered the twin demon scorpions. “Doyou know who I am?” thundered Gilgamesh. “I amGilgamesh the GOD, he snarled. Get out of myway, you stupid bugs.”

The demons knew the name of Gilgamesh. Some of the monsters that had limped through the pass told awful tales of the horrible Gilgamesh, pointing to a missing tail here and a ripped out claw there. Gilgamesh! With a pop, the scorpions disappeared.

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Through the pass Gilgamesh crossed, until he entered the kingdom on the other side. In the distance, he saw a beautiful palace. Near the palace was a rather large boat. The boat was laying on the ground, tilted to one side. There was no town, no river, no sea; there was not even a moat. There was only a boat and a palace. The King and Queen who lived in the palace seemed very nice. They even invited him to stay the night, and Gilgamesh accepted.

Having assumed Gilgamesh was out and about, visiting lands near his own kingdom of Uruk, over dinner, the Queen askedGilgamesh if he was having a nice trip.Gilgamesh sighed. He told the King andQueen about the forbidden forest andabout his friend Enkidu.

“My boat!” beamed the King. “Isn’t she a beauty? I built itafter the gods warned me about the flood. I loaded theboat with every kind of plant and animal. When the rainscame, I loaded my family as well. For six days and six nights, rain poured down. It rained so hard that my boatwas soon afloat. On the seventh day, it finally stoppedraining. My boat was afloat on a vast ocean of water.

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When the sun came out, I sent a swallow to see if shecould spot land. But she found nothing. The next day, Isent a dove. On the third day, I sent a raven. And on thefourth day, my boat slowly settled down right where yousee it today! In those days, it was still floating. It took afew days for the water to ease away.

On that day, we opened the hatches and all the animals and all myfamily walked off the boat. We built this palace, and scattered theseeds to the winds. And that’s how the world began for the secondtime. We did it, my Queen & I!”

Gilgamesh shook his head in wonder. The King’s accomplishmentsmade his own seem very small and unimportant. It occurred to himthat if anyone knew where the plant of eternal life might be found, thiswould be the person to ask. The King hesitated. He did know, but did he wish to tell this brash young man? This would take thought.

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Gilgamesh thanked his hosts for a most delicious dinner and took himself to bed. He was so tired after his long walk that he slept for six nights. While he slept, the Queen convinced her husband to tell Gilgamesh the secret of everlasting life.

“He seems like a good boy, ” said the Queen. “And he just lost his best friend. And he’s traveled so far. And he did listen to your boat story without interrupting once.”

“That’s true, ” nodded the King. “That was very polite of him.” And that just goes to show that good manners really do pay off.

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When Gilgamesh finally awoke from his nap, and after a huge delicious breakfast of mounds and mounds of pancakes, the King told Gilgamesh how to find the plant of everlasting life.

“You have to dive into the deepestpart of the ocean, ” the King said.“Then, you have to defeat the giantoctopus and cut one branch onlyfrom the tree of life.”

Gilgamesh was excited. He coulddo that. He could dive to thedeepest part of the ocean on onebreath. In fact, he knew right where the giant octopus hung out. He usually avoided that part of the ocean. He liked to battle monsters, but he needed air to do it well.

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Gilgamesh set off that very day, back towards home andthe ocean. Once there, he grabbed some heavy rocks anddove to the