Myths, Dreams and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh epic is a masterpiece of world literature and is considered one of the oldest epic in the world. It is called an epic, but it is certainly a myth. In order to understand the myth, it is necessary to look at the historical perspective from two angles. It is internal and external. Externally asked questions need to understand the historical form of the prototype, the historical background associated with it, and in our case Babylonian culture and religion.

Gilgamesh is the king of Uruk history in Sumer in the Middle East, around 2700 BC. His legend is recorded in today's myth called "girugamesh epic". The term "epic" refers to a long poem about the heroic legend. Like Tolstoy and Charles Dickens' contemporary novels, the story of the epic hero's life contrasts with the vast cultural and historical panorama. The situation of Gilgamesh is consistent with the situation of most grand heroes. He is sacred in itself, he interacts with God and Goddess, and his story includes a series of adventures and superhuman victories. In his adventure, Gilgamesh is looking for an immortal secret

Epic is the story of the minister that conveys the story of an epic hero. Epic consists of an epic hero and a magnificent battle between good and evil. The earliest epic of today is epic of Gilgamesh. This story is about Gilgamesh seeking eternal life. Although this epic has existed for thousands of years, the epic tradition still has a great influence on modern sentences and movies. Indeed, Batman is a story about Bruce Wayne who is trying to conquer all the criminals of Gotham and can be seen as a modern epic. Epic must start with 'media resources' and make a big setting including nickname. In the epics of Gilgamesh, he went to the unknown world island that previously had no human beings, just like the way Bruce Wayne announced ... Read more

The girugamesh epic. The girugamesh epic contains the famous early flood myth. GILGAMESH, Heroes and Gods, King Uluk is suppressing his people. In order to mediate his rigorous control, the gods created a wild man in the forest known as a competitor, ENKIDU. Enkidou fought with Gilgamesh but lost, and they became best friends. They will kill HUMBABA (or HUWAWA), a guardian of the pine (or cedar forest), and will continue to cut down sacred trees there. After they returned to Uruk, Gilgamesh abandoned the progress of ISHTAR, and he sent paradise bulls to destroy him. Gilgamesh and Nidoo killed the bulls, but one of them has to pay for his life. The gods decided that Enkidu had to die. After the painful death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh is now shivering for the existence of death in the world and is seeking immortality. Ut-napishtim achieved immortality as a flood survivor. Gilgamesh will fail his mission and ultimately will return to Uruk