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Written by arceuthobium on 2024-09-30 at 01:28

Gilgamesh’s Island #HashtagGames #historicalsitcoms

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Descendants

Written by Brian Hawthorne on 2024-09-30 at 03:51

@theothersimo @NilaJones

The Ballad of Gilgamesh Isle (first half)

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,

Of gods and beasts and death

That started with Enkidu’s birth

To tame bold Gilgamesh

The king was the lord of Uruk state.

Enkidu, wild and new.

The challenge was a feat of strength.

The king beat Enkidu. The king beat Enkidu.

Our hero friends then traveled east

To the hills of old Elam

They cut the trees of Humbaba

and laid him on the ground. They laid him on the ground.

The gods play games. A bull is killed.

Enkidu’s sick and dies.

Our hero seeks eternal life.

The gods are greedy guys. The gods are greedy, guys.

The Hero’s Journey is a trope but this here was the start,

With Gilgamesh

Enkidu too,

Humbaba and Ishtar.

The Bull of Heav‘n,

Sumerians, Akkadians.

Here on Gilgamesh Isle!

©️ 2024 Brian Hawthorne

Licensed as CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Written by Court Cantrell will not comply on 2024-09-30 at 04:49

@bhawthorne @theothersimo @NilaJones Stellar content, all around. No notes.

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Written by Yora on 2024-09-30 at 06:18

@bhawthorne @theothersimo @NilaJones After the first two lines, I was immediately reading this in the voice of Will Smith.

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Written by Steve Bellovin on 2024-09-30 at 12:54

@bhawthorne @theothersimo @NilaJones By chance, I’ll be taking a short course on Gilgamesh soon—mind if I forward this?

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Written by Brian Hawthorne on 2024-09-30 at 14:29

@SteveBellovin @theothersimo @NilaJones Please feel free. Attribution would be nice.

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Written by Steve Bellovin on 2024-09-30 at 20:42

@bhawthorne @theothersimo @NilaJones Of course! In fact, I'll just forward the link to the Mastodon post, which will carry your name.

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Written by Brian Hawthorne on 2024-09-30 at 14:36

@theothersimo @NilaJones I am glad that people are enjoying my retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh as a ballad in 4 verses and a bridge, despite its questionable scansion and missing the closing 4 verses.

Please feel free to share with attribution.

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Written by D2 on 2024-10-01 at 05:49

@bhawthorne @theothersimo @NilaJones https://youtu.be/n4N8ObTXAy8

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Written by Brian Hawthorne on 2024-10-01 at 15:41

@cascheranno @theothersimo @NilaJones This was the most wicked awesome response I have ever received on any of my posts.

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Written by MissConstrue on 2024-10-02 at 18:39

@bhawthorne This is perfection! :blobcathearthug:

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Written by Brian Hawthorne on 2024-10-02 at 20:23

@MissConstrue Thank you! I like to think of it as the first half of the ballad of the short summary of the cliff notes version of the totally epic, Epic of Gilgamesh.

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Written by MissConstrue on 2024-10-02 at 22:45

@bhawthorne one can never have too much Gilgamesh or Beowulf. 💕

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Written by mytwobits01 on 2024-10-20 at 21:25

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Fantastic!

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