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Gilgamesh Babylonian Unug Sumerian name for Uruk what Gilgamesh is king of Uruk Akkadian name for Unug what Gilgamesh is king of formed the walls with his own hands Bilgames aka Gilgamesh actual historical figure gods take special interest in him is 2 3 divine and 1 3 human when story starts off is arrogant king out of control rapes women and beats up guys Ninsun in first birth story mother of Gilgamesh is a goddesss Lugalbanda is a king deified when he dies made into a god Epic of Gilgamesh Babylonian is on 12 cuneiforms tablets opens up and Gilgamesh is a man skips over his childhood Belit ili aka Mami Nintu second birth story formed his body made him more beautiful tall strong made him special also made Enkidu Enkidu uncivilized made by Belit ili by dropping lump of clay in the forest becomes one with the animals is wild and uncivilized is foiling hunter s traps because those are his animal friends second self aka Enkidu is the equal of Gilgamesh usually dies in the story and the hero takes revenge Shamhat prostitute sent by Gilgamesh to civilize Enkidu important figure gods favor her sleep together and that civilizes him tells his about how bad Gilgamesh is Enkidu civilized Gilgamesh about to go rape a virgin the day before her wedding Enkidu stands in door and stops him they wrestle become best friends goes on Gilgamesh s journeys with him Humbaba Ellil made him protector of the pine forest is a giant Gilgamesh goes on quest to kil him taunts Gilgamesh Be gone little man Shamash sends 4 winds to hold him in place begs for mercy and says you can chop down all the trees is killed by Gilgamesh Shamash sun god Ninsun asks for help in protecting Gilgamesh from Humbaba sends down 4 winds to press against his sides Ishtar goddess of sex wants to have sex with Gilgamesh he rejects her because she has a long list of ex lovers threatens to raise the dead to eat the living wants to punish Gilgamesh wants Bull of Heaven Ellil appointed Humbaba to protect the pine forest part of assembly of gods Bull of Heaven belongs to Anu is killed by Enkidu and Gilgamesh last straw of Gilgamesh and Enkidy divine council myth Enkidu has prophetic dream that s a divine council myth assembly of gods Shamash Ellil and Anu they choose one that must die Enkidy Utnapishtim Gilgamesh wants immortality after Enkidu dies U is only mortal man to ever become immortal but he lives on edges of Earth called Mouth of Rivers is an underworld type place Scorpion man guards the entrance to Mashu greets Gilgamesh tells him that Mashu is impossible for humans to enter Mashu mountain at edges of Earth where Shamash rises every day entrance is like entrance to underworld as you go through gets darker when Gilg emerges bright and full of gemstones Ur city where art of Scorpion man on Great Lyre was found found at cemetery site funeral connection Great Lyre art of Scorpion man on it found in cemetery cemetery was at UR Siduri alewife that runs tavern sells beer tells Gilgamesh to cross sea to get to Utnapishtum Urshanabi ferryman across sea Utnapishtum tells Gilgamesh you can t become immortal same way as me says to stay awake for 6 days and 7 nights tells Gilg to get it together don robes and get back to ruling Apsu Utnapishtum s wife tells of another plant that makes you young again Gilg dives down and gets it puts it on bank of Apsu is eaten by snake ring composition ends where it begins walls of Uruk to walls of Uruk Background Reading 8 Gilgamesh Sumerian Old Babylonian Surpassing all other kings first words during this time the scribes were very active copying out the literary products of the older Sumerian civilization connected all the stories about Gilgamesh into one story Standard Version He who saw the deep author is Sin leqe unnini scholars think it really ended at tablet 11 tablet 12 was later addition Folktale Heroines Aarne Thompson blending of other index index that has all the stories folktale motifs single element idea in a myth i e a magic ring Motif Index of Folk Literature written by Sith Thompson has the folktale types folktale types type of story that usually follows a pattern dragon slayer AT Tale Type 720 My mother she killed me my father he ate me The Juniper Tree GERMAN evil stepmom wants to kill son shoves head in chest decapitates him son made into black pudding dad accidentally eats it A Becomes bird FLIES AROUND and chants song to get stuff 1 Goldsmith gold chain dad 2 Cobbler red shoes sister 3 Miller millstone kills stepmom Marlinchen daughter of second wife and father loves her half brother goes to wake him up and his head falls off puts his bones under Juniper Tree gets red shoes The Crow s Nest HUNGARY REGULAR mom and dad makes son into strewed cabbage daughter takes bones to tree becomes bird DOESN T FLY AROUND A Becomes bird DOESN T FLY AROUND 1 Man likes it crutch dad 2 Man likes it cloak sister 3 Man likes it millstone kills mom The Rose Tree ENGLAND step mom kills DAUGHTER from previous marriage puts her in stew and liver brother won t eat it takes bones to Rose Tree A Becomes bird FLIES AROUND 1 Shoemaker red shoes brother 2 Watchmaker gold watch father 3 Miller millstone stepmother AT Folktale Type 425 The Search for the Lost Husband A Monster as husband B Disenchantment of Monster C Loss of husband D Search for husband E Recovery of husband Cupid and Psyche one of the Search for the Lost Husband tale types Lucius Apuleius wrote original story of Cupid and Psyche Metamorphoses of the Golden Ass born in Madura Africa Psyche most beautiful HUMAN in the world other humans are worshipping her mortal men won t touch her after she falls in love with Cupid goes to his palace only sees him at night Venus Roman goddess of beauty gets jealous at the worship of Pysche wants to make her fall in love with someone not worthy sends son Cupid makes Psyche do impossible tasks to find Cupid Cupid accidentally stabs himself falls in love with Psyche sisters say he is a snake runs away and makes palace disappear when she sees him at night Zeus says back off Venus and let them be together recovers husband she becomes deified The Singing Soaring Lark German Search for Lost Husband tale type man goes on trip youngest daughter wants singing soaring lark finds it has slave go get it lion jumps out wont kill him but give me first thing you see when you get home A lion B turns into dove if sunlight C lost bc dove D sun moon winds dragon griffin witch give her stuff E gets him back from dragon enchanted


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