Monday, January 17, 2011

Gilgamesh

First off, Hellllo lovely sir.  I can't help but swoon over this God-like man.   I can only help but pick out every perfect man and combine them into one super-hot hunk; Gilgamesh.  So these Gods created Gilgamesh, Did they create everyone?  I like how it explains the sculpting of Enkidu, except he sounds very hairy and like a monster, animal thing.  This is a heroic tale!  I can really see a movie of it in my mind.  Enkidu got tempted, by the lady which is kind of like Eve being tempted by Satan. 
Gild's dreams are pretty strong stuff,  though Enkidu could be his rival, he is meant to be his "brother" and friend.  Seeing Enkidu turn into a man by hunting and becoming civilized looking make me wonder, if he will rise up against Gilgamesh because secretly he is just as good as him. 
I understand that they are now going to slay the Humbaba, but why exactly?  Well, he did kill Humbaba and I enjoy that he tells Ishtar off about her "love" life.  How she used and abused all her past lovers.  But this probably wasn't a great idea, for her father Anu, she demanded the Bull of Heaven to destroy him, and she threatened to reek havoc if she didn't get it.   She got the Bull and took it to Urak to seek revenge! I do enjoy revenge.   This bull is fierce, it snorts and kills a bunch of people! But Gilg made it look too easy, he slew the beast and gave its heart to  Shamash.  And he threw the thigh of the beast in her face! That's pretty funny.   The gods decided since they were too powerful of duo, they would kill one of them; poor Enkidu.  After he passes I like the lines " he began to rage like a lion, like a lioness robbed of her whelps"  Gingamesh is so upset, he believed his crying would bring his brother back to life, I have a feeling I will be the same way if my brother ever dies, how awful.
Now he wants to cross the Ocean to see Utnapishtim who has ever-lasting-life.  Right?  but Gilgamesh wants to die, but he is too God-like to ever die.  How will Utnapishtim grant him death?  Now the story of the flood, which is like Noah's Ark.  Except Noah was asked to invite him family aboard,  but the gods in this story did not want any mortal to survive, and  him family, kin and craftsman were all on the boat which made Enlil very mad!  He sent Utnapishtim & his wife to the mouth of the river.
And now he has to get some undersea plant to restore his lost youth, but I thought Gilgamesh couldn't age, did all the human emotion overcome his godly immortality?   And a serpent is in this story, a sign of evil because he stole his precious plant. Gilgamesh's destiny was not to live forever, it was to be a King, a leader and he fulfilled that.

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