#gilgamesh — Public Fediverse posts
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@gutenberg_org surely if you want books like The Odyssey then #TheIliad (the Odyssey's better prequel), #TheAeneid, #Gilgamesh, and #Genesis and #Exodus (the latter two combined into one) should be on the list.
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The Reality of Dreams
Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their […]https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/
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Mythological and Ancient Texts• The Rig Veda: "Who knows for certain? Who shall here declare it? Whence was it born, whence came creation? . . . He who surveys it from the lofty skies, Only he knows—or perhaps he knows not."
• The Epic of Gilgamesh: "Gilgamesh, whither rovest thou? The life thou pursuest thou shalt not find. When the gods created mankind, Death for mankind they set aside, Life in their own hands retaining."
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J'ai terminé l'épopée de #Gilgamesh un petit récit épique et peu être l’une des œuvres littéraires les plus anciennes de l’humanité. 🤩 🗿
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Huwawa advocates avoiding humans.
#WhatCharactersAdvocateFor
#HashTagGames #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Babylon #Huwawa #Humbaba #Gilgamesh -
#Gilgamesh translated - https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73432 "The epic of Gilgamesh is more than 40 centuries old. Simon Armitage’s new translation feels thrillingly alive."
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Vivid and sexy, immortal and so human - new translation of #Gilgamesh from #SimonArmitage
ping @CrispinHughes https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/03/02/beginning-to-end-a-review-of-simon-armitages-new-translation-of-gilgamesh/ -
Sounds like #bowhead #whales could solve the #paradox of #Gilgamesh, and we should all join the #ConeyIsland #polarbear club
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/an-american-study-shows-that-humans-could-live-up-to-200-years-if-its-method-were-applied/28375/ #longevity #science #whales -
#Gilgamesh to #Enkidu:
be the match for my stormy heart?
be my second self?
be my axe?
be my wife?
be mine? -
Happy #ValentinesDay (belated)
From me to you <3
Or #Gilgamesh and #Enkidu to each other 😜
i am once again asking you to read #theEpicofGilgamesh
It's approx 4,000 years old, about love and grief at its core and will tear your heart out and begin to mend it again.
Ease of reading: read Stephen Mitchell's version
Academic reading: read Sophus Helle's
(or read both <3)
v-day cards are from "Queer at Last" podcast, shared with permission.
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Grief is as old as humanity.
Epic of Gilgamesh X.235-248 (trans. Andrew R George)
via drowningparty
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A quotation from The Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh, where are you roaming?
You will never find the eternal life
that you seek. When the gods created mankind,
they also created death, and they held back
eternal life for themselves alone.
Humans are born, they live, and then they die,
this is the order that the gods have decreed.
But until the end comes, enjoy your life,
spend it in happiness, not despair.
Savor your food, make each of your days
a delight, bathe and anoint yourself,
wear bright clothes that are sparkling clean,
let music and dancing fill your house,
love the child who holds you by the hand,
and give your wife pleasure in your embrace.
That is the best way for a man to live.Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2100–1200 BC) Sumerian myth
Tablet 10, col. 3 [Siduri] [tr. Mitchell (2004)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gilgamesh/81779/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gilgamesh #carpediem #doom #enjoyment #goodlife #happiness #humancondition #humanity #joy #living #mortality #seizetheday #gusto
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I wonder how many people were first introduced to Gilgamesh by Captain Picard in "Darmok".
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A quote I like and resonate with from the Epic of Gilgamesh (the oldest tale ever written!).
There's not many ancient representations of Siduri.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@cobrate/113465461010323005
Suite 2e Millénaire - 20e siècle av. J-C. : https://mastodon.social/@cobrate/113472238773926079
“Celles qui doivent devenir épouses, il couche avec elles
Lui d’abord, le mari seulement après
Les dieux en ont décidé ainsi
Dès qu’on lui a coupé le cordon
il a eu ce droit.”
- L’Épopée de #Gilgamesh = #viol -
GILGAMESH LAMENT FOR ENKIDU
Context (Lifted from Peter Pringle’s Video Desc.): Gilgamesh was king of the Sumerian city of Uruk in Southern Mesopotamia, some 5000 years ago. According to legend, he was a ruthless despot, so the gods created a friend for him, a kind of wild man called Enkidu, who was able to challenge him successfully in battle. This took Gilgamesh’s mind off oppressing his people, and he and Enkidu became inseparable friends. The two of them shared many remarkable adventures together but they made a fatal mistake. They traveled to the great cedar forest, where they killed a sacred beast known as “The Bull of Heaven”. This angered the gods, so they sentenced Enkidu to death.
TABLET VIII of the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, contains the text I sing in this lament. I would like to thank Andrew R. George, the translator of Gilgamesh, whose translation of the text appears in the subtitles to this video, for his generous help with the pronunciation of Old Babylonian. […]
There are two musical instruments in this interpretation of the lament of Gilgamesh. The lute I decided to use is the Persian “setar”, which is one of the closest instruments to the ancient three-stringed lutes that is still in existence today. The setar is capable of playing a wide range of quarter tones but, according to archaeomusicologists, the Babylonians did not use them. Personally, I’m not so sure about that.
The other musical instrument I used is a pair of reed pipes which are played together. The ones you see at the beginning of the video are copies of the pair of silver pipes that were discovered by archaeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley, during his excavations of the Sumerian city of Ur, in the 1920’s. They have a sound similar to the modern “duduk” and, like the duduk, the shehnai and the Australian didgeridoo, they are played using the technique known as “circular breathing”, in order to produce a continuous tone without interruption. The ancient Babylonian reed pipe was known as the “malilum”.
Since I could not sing, accompany myself on the lute, and play the pipes at the same time, I sampled the sound of the pipes and used a MIDI pedal keyboard (like the ones organists use to play bass notes) to trigger the sounds - one foot for each of the two silver pipes. That way I could perform all the parts of the lament at once, without any need for overdubs.
The glazed brick wall you see behind me in this video is part of the magnificent “Gate of Ishtar”, which was the main entrance to the ancient city of Babylon.
https://quokk.au/c/historymusic/p/471105/gilgamesh-lament-for-enkidu
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MC3 Interview: Cam Kerkau on adapting big classic stories for today
How does one tell the biggest story ever for a modern audience? You just tell it.
https://www.sidequesting.com/2025/11/mc3-interview-cam-kerkau-on-adapting-big-classic-stories-for-today/
#Comic #ComicBook #Interviews #MCCC #CamKerkau #comic #ComicBook #gilgamesh #interview #MC3 #MCCC #MotorCityComicCon