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Gilgamesh epic

Myth & story

The Mesopotamian long tale of Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the search after death. Not the flood as a free-standing concept alone, and not every hero-king under one name.

Mesopotamian tradition

  • Gilgamesh epic appears in Mesopotamian tradition.

    The Atlas source Gilgamesh is the Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh — the Mesopotamian long tale of Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the search after death. A named Mesopotamian epic text in that tradition, not flood as a free-standing concept and not descent as a generic underworld word.

    from Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 1200 BCE (this recension)

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sources

  • Epic of Gilgamesh

    The Epic of Gilgamesh, Standard Babylonian version (flood tablet; underworld material).