death, his shade tells Gilgamesh about the bleak conditions in the Underworld. The poem Gilgamesh and Aga describes Gilgamesh's revolt against his overlord...
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Gilgamesh (/ˈɡɪlɡəmɛʃ/) is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh (formerly...
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The Gilgamesh flood myth is a partial narrative of the Gilgamesh Epic. It is one of three Mesopotamian Flood Myths alongside the one included in the Eridu...
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Look up Gilgamesh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gilgamesh was a legendary king of Uruk. Gilgamesh may also refer to: Epic of Gilgamesh, a poem about...
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The Death of Gilgamesh is a Sumerian poem about the death of the legendary hero Gilgamesh, best known in later sources from Epic of Gilgamesh. The text was...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Epic of Gilgamesh may also refer to: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Martinů), 1955 oratorio by...
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Enkidu (category Characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh)
comrade and friend of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. Their exploits were composed in Sumerian poems and in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, written during the...
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Gilgamesh (ギルガメッシュ, Girugamesshu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in the Shōnen Gahōsha magazine...
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Bull of Heaven (redirect from Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven)
mythology, the Bull of Heaven is a mythical beast fought by the King of Uruk Gilgamesh. The story of the Bull of Heaven is known from two different versions:...
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Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company that is developing psychedelic and related drugs as medicines. It is a "discovery stage" company...
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Epic Games (redirect from Gilgamesh (film))
backing major animated feature film production using Unreal, starting with Gilgamesh with studios Hook Up, DuermeVela and FilmSharks. Epic announced its own...
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Pentateuch is similar to the flood narrative in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, composed around 1800 BC, where a hero builds an ark to survive a divinely...
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Humbaba (category Characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh)
the hero Gilgamesh, including short compositions belonging to the curriculum of scribal schools, various versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and several...
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Gilgamesh and Aga, sometimes referred to as incipit The envoys of Aga (Sumerian: lu2 kin-gi4-a aka), is an Old Babylonian poem written in Sumerian. The...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh has directly inspired many manifestations of literature, art, music, and popular culture throughout history. It was extremely influential...
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Forgotten One (character) (redirect from Gilgamesh (Marvel Comics))
The Forgotten One (also known as Hero and Gilgamesh) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared...
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Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld (abbreviated as GEN) is one of five extant compositions of the Sumerian language about the deeds of the hero Gilgamesh...
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Children of Time (novel) (section Gilgamesh)
barbarism, primarily seen through the eyes of the Gilgamesh's chief classicist, Holsten Mason. After the Gilgamesh returns to Kern's World, the two narratives...
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Gilgamesh Night (ギルガメッシュないと / ギルガメッシュ・ナイト) was a Japanese softcore porn variety TV show broadcast from October 1991 to March 1998. Airing early Sunday...
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the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh. It premiered on November 2, 1986 at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad. Gilgamesh, a Sumerian king – baritone...
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Gilgamesh (1972–1975, 1977–1978) were a British jazz rock band active during the 1970s, led by the keyboardist Alan Gowen. The group were associated with...
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Mesopotamian mythology (section Epic of Gilgamesh)
gods. This character then makes a reappearance in the Epic of Gilgamesh, when Gilgamesh is searching for immortality after coming to fear death and the...
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— Stephen Herbert Langdon 1864 In the Sumerian King List the father of Gilgamesh is said to be a lilu Tablet XII, dated c. 600 BCE, is a later Assyrian...
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Atra-Hasis (category Epic of Gilgamesh)
to the Epic of Gilgamesh: After the ark is stranded high up on Mount Nisir, Uta-napišti (the name of Atraḫasis in the Epic of Gilgamesh) sends out three...
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specifically for epic poetry, dates back millennia, all the way to the Epic of Gilgamesh, widely agreed to be the first epic. But critique and discourse has continuously...
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Inanna (category Characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh)
murdered Dumuzid. In the standard Akkadian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Ishtar asks Gilgamesh to become her consort. When he disdainfully refuses, she unleashes...
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Gilgamesh the King is a 1984 historical novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, presenting the Epic of Gilgamesh as a novel. In the afterword the author...
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Gilgamesh Brewing is a brewery in Salem, Oregon. It was established in 2009 and is family owned. Gilgamesh beers are distributed primarily in and around...
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Characters of Fate/stay night (redirect from Gilgamesh (Fate/stay night))
would write an interesting story. Ideas like Saber being lectured by Gilgamesh and Alexander the Great gave him a bigger impact. When starting the project...
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Cedar Forest (redirect from Gilgamesh and Huwawa)
the Epic of Gilgamesh. Earlier descriptions come from the Ur III poem Gilgamesh and Huwawa. The Sumerian poems of his deeds say that Gilgamesh traveled east...
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