Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh is one of the very first heroes ever written about. His adventures were told on clay tablets thousands of years ago in the land of Mesopotamia. He was a king who was part human and part god. Gilgamesh and his great friend, Enkidu, fought monsters, met the gods, and searched for the secret of life itself. Their story includes a version of the Great Flood.
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Gilgamesh Part 6 – The Plant of Immortality
Gilgamesh has travelled across the world in search of immortality. Finally he picks a plant from the bottom of the ocean that gives everlasting youth – but a thief is not far away.
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Gilgamesh Part 5 -The Great Flood
Gilgamesh is searching for the secret of Immortality. He visits Utnapishtim the Far Away who tells him how he survived the Great Flood when the gods decided to destroy humankind.
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Gilgamesh Part 4 – The Journey
King Gilgamesh is stricken with grief by the death of his friend, Enkidu. He sets out on a journey to find the secret of immortality, and has to pass through a passage guarded by a man with the body of a scorpion.
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Gilgamesh Part 3 – the Bull of Heaven
The epic from Mesopotamia continues. Gilgamesh refuses to marry the goddess Ishtar. She seeks revenge by sending the Bull of Heaven to trample Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu.
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Gilgamesh Part 2 – Humbaba the Dragon
Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and his adopted brother, the wildman Enkidu, travel to Lebanon to fight the dragon, Humbaba. Adapted from the myth from ancient Mesopotamia.
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Gilgamesh – A Myth from Mesopotamia – Part 1
This is one of the oldest stories in the world. It’s hero is a great king, warrior, and strongman called Gilgamesh who wanted to discover the secret of immortality, or living forever. He formed a strong bond with wildman called Enkidu.
