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Epic of

Gilgamesh


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GILGAMESH K

ing of Uruk

The strongest of men, and thepersonification of all human virtues.

A brave warrior, fair judge, and ambitious

builder, Two-thirds god and one-third mortal,


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GILGAMESH


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ENKIDU Companion and friend of Gilgamesh.

Hairy-bodied and brawny, Enkidu was raised by

animals.

Enkidu looks much like Gilgamesh and is almost

his physical equal.

He aspires to be Gilgameshs rival but insteadbecomes his soul mate.


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ENKIDU


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SHAMHAT The temple prostitute who tames Enkidu by

seducing him away from his natural state.

Though Shamhats power comes from her

sexuality, it is associated with civilization rather

than nature.

She represents the sensuous refinements ofculturethe sophisticated pleasures of

lovemaking, food, alcohol, music, clothing,

architecture, agriculture, herding, and ritual.


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SHAMHAT


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UTNAPISHTIM A king and priest of Shurrupak, whose name

translates as He Who Saw Life.

By the god Eas connivance, Utnapishtim

survived the great deluge that almost destroyed

all life on Earth by building a great boat that

carried him, his family, and one of every living

creature to safety. The gods granted eternal life

to him and his wife.


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UTNAPISHTIM


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UTNAPISHTIMS WIFE An unnamed woman who plays an important

role in the story.

Utnapishtims wife softens her husband toward

Gilgamesh, persuading him to disclose the

secret of the magic plant called How-the-Old-

Man-Once-Again-Becomes-a-Young-Man.


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UTNAPISHTIMS WIFE


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URSHANABI The guardian of the mysterious stone things.

Urshanabi pilots a small ferryboat across the

Waters of Death to the Far Away place whereUtnapishtim lives. He loses this privilege when

he accepts Gilgamesh as a passenger, so he

returns with him to Uruk.


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URSHANABI


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ANU The father of the gods and the god of the

firmament.


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ANU


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EA "Man fashioner

sent the SevenSages to civilize mankind,

and saved mankind from Enlil's wrath; son ofAnsarand Kisar.Enki was god of intellect,

creation, wisdom and medicine


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ARURU A goddess of creation who fashioned Enkidu

from clay and her spittle.


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Humbaba The fearsome demon who guards the Cedar

Forest forbidden to mortals.

Humbabas seven garments produce an aurathat paralyzes with fear anyone who would

withstand him.

He is the personification of awesome natural

power and menace. His mouth is fire, heroars like a flood, and he breathes death,

much like an erupting volcano..


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Humbaba


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Scorpion-Man Guardian, with his wife, of the twin-peaked

mountain called Mashu, which Shamash the

sun god travels through every night. The upper parts of the monsters bodies are

human, and the lower parts end in a scorpion

tail. They are familiar figures in

Mesopotamian myth.


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Scorpion-Man


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L

ugulBANDA Third king of Uruk after the deluge

(Gilgamesh is the fifth).

Lugulbanda is the hero of a cycle ofSumerian poems and a minor god.

He is a protector and is sometimes called the

father of Gilgamesh.myth.


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Ninsun The mother of Gilgamesh, also called the

Lady Wildcow Ninsun. She is a minor

goddess, noted for her wisdom. Her husbandis Lugulbanda.


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Once upon a time.

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