Ancestors

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

Gilgamesh’s Island #HashtagGames #historicalsitcoms

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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 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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Toot

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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Descendants

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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