 | The Epic of Gilgamesh (/ˈɡɪlɡəmɛʃ/) is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about... 70 KB (8,438 words) - 20:57, 28 April 2024 |
 | protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC. He was possibly a historical king of the Sumerian... 67 KB (6,793 words) - 17:37, 27 April 2024 |
 | The Epic of Gilgamesh has directly inspired many manifestations of literature, art, music, and popular culture throughout history. It was extremely influential... 39 KB (5,088 words) - 21:39, 26 April 2024 |
 | The Gilgamesh flood myth is a flood myth in the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is one of three Mesopotamian Flood Myths alongside the one including in the Eridu... 30 KB (4,046 words) - 17:40, 27 April 2024 |
use of epic as a genre, specifically for epic poetry, dates back millennia, all the way to the Epic of Gilgamesh, widely agreed to be the first epic. But... 17 KB (2,072 words) - 01:29, 6 April 2024 |
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... 689 bytes (117 words) - 02:56, 26 October 2022 |
 | Mesopotamian myths (section Epic of Gilgamesh) the gods. This character then makes a reappearance in the Epic of Gilgamesh, when Gilgamesh is searching for immortality after coming to fear death and... 10 KB (1,423 words) - 23:07, 22 April 2024 |
 | Eanna (redirect from Temple of Inanna) throughout the Epic of Gilgamesh and various other texts. The evolution of the gods to whom the temple was dedicated is the subject of scholarly study... 2 KB (131 words) - 19:56, 27 February 2024 |
 | 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... 26 KB (3,115 words) - 20:39, 6 April 2024 |
This article is a list of characters appearing in the Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem. Its standard version was most likely compiled... 56 KB (1,913 words) - 08:47, 29 October 2023 |
 | Utnapishtim (redirect from The Preserver of Life) sources such as the Epic of Gilgamesh. His father was the king Ubar-Tutu ("Friend of the god Tutu"). Uta-napishtim is the eighth of the antediluvian kings... 6 KB (862 words) - 02:29, 30 April 2024 |
 | Atra-Hasis (redirect from Epic of Atrahasis) versions of the flood story, contained in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Eridu Genesis, the hero is not named Atra-Hasis. In Gilgamesh, the name of the flood... 14 KB (1,783 words) - 22:43, 22 April 2024 |
 | 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... 67 KB (9,274 words) - 22:07, 17 April 2024 |
epic of Gilgamesh: the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian 2003 p. 100 Tablet XII. Appendix The last Tablet in the 'Series of Gilgamesh'... 7 KB (1,034 words) - 06:13, 8 April 2024 |
 | Anu (category Conceptions of God) Alala. A variant of one such family tree formed the basis of the Enūma Eliš. Anu briefly appears in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, in which his daughter... 87 KB (11,556 words) - 22:58, 22 April 2024 |
 | Lugalbanda (category Epic of Gilgamesh) brother of Gilgamesh. Sin-Kashid of Uruk also refers to Lugalbanda and Ninsun as his divine parents, and names Lugalbanda as his god. In the Epic of Gilgamesh... 9 KB (937 words) - 15:55, 23 April 2024 |
 | Noah (redirect from Intoxication of Noah) story of the Pentateuch is quite similar to a flood story contained in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, composed c. 1800 BCE. In the Gilgamesh version... 53 KB (6,347 words) - 23:20, 27 April 2024 |
 | from Tablet VI of the Epic of Gilgamesh, in which Gilgamesh refuses the sexual advances of the goddess Ishtar, the East Semitic equivalent of Inanna, leading... 16 KB (1,793 words) - 16:18, 27 March 2024 |
 | Shamash (category Characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh) to drag him to the underworld. In various versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh and in earlier Gilgamesh myths, he helps this hero defeat the monstrous Humbaba... 76 KB (9,913 words) - 23:42, 17 April 2024 |
 | production using Unreal, starting with Gilgamesh with studios Hook Up, DuermeVela and FilmSharks. Epic announced its own Epic Games Store, an open digital storefront... 149 KB (12,490 words) - 03:35, 27 April 2024 |
 | Inanna (redirect from Priestesses of Inanna) Akkadian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Ishtar asks Gilgamesh to become her consort. When he disdainfully refuses, she unleashes the Bull of Heaven, resulting... 158 KB (18,412 words) - 12:32, 29 April 2024 |
| devices available only to those who write. The oldest epic recognized is the Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2500–1300 BCE), which was recorded in ancient Sumer... 36 KB (4,033 words) - 13:38, 20 April 2024 |
 | Shamhat (category Characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh) the old Babylonian version of Gilgamesh") is a female character who appears in Tablets I and II of the Epic of Gilgamesh and is mentioned in Tablet VII... 3 KB (420 words) - 14:39, 27 April 2024 |
 | DAGAL (section Epic of Gilgamesh usage of "AMA") meaning of to be wide, or extensive; also "many", Akkadian "rapāšu", is a minor usage cuneiform sign used in the Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. An... 12 KB (630 words) - 19:25, 11 June 2022 |
darkness are central elements of Gilgamesh's plot. The series shows clear influences from the story known as the Epic of Gilgamesh, and from different scientific... 27 KB (3,841 words) - 09:42, 22 June 2023 |
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Czech: Epos o Gilgamešovi) is an oratorio for solo voices, chorus and orchestra by Bohuslav Martinů composed in 1954–1955 near... 9 KB (1,082 words) - 15:17, 7 March 2024 |
 | Tablet XII of the Epic of Gilgamesh dated c. 600 BC. Tablet XII is not part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, but is a later Assyrian Akkadian translation of the latter... 94 KB (12,745 words) - 20:09, 10 April 2024 |
 | Flood myth (redirect from Great Flood of Noah) flood stories, and the Cheyenne flood story. One example of a flood myth is in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Many scholars believe that this account was copied from... 36 KB (4,120 words) - 05:45, 28 April 2024 |
It is rooted in older Mesopotamian underworld myths such as The Epic of Gilgamesh, although it is also similar to other texts such as Ludlul bēl nēmeqi... 15 KB (2,043 words) - 06:47, 14 February 2024 |
 | Scorpion man (category Epic of Gilgamesh) Mesopotamia, including the epic Enûma Elish and the Standard Babylonian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the visual arts, the form of scorpion-men varies... 6 KB (572 words) - 13:12, 28 April 2024 |