![]() If you took my advice and read THE ORIGIN OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BICAMERAL MIND by Julian Jaynes, like I told you to, you would have a wonderful alternate take on the somewhat supernatural aspects of Gilgamesh’s life and beliefs. He feels the gods enter him, and speak to him. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gilgamesh is part god, - actually two parts god, and one part human. According to the Tummal Inscription Gilgamesh and his son Urlugal rebuilt the sanctuary of the goddess Ninlil in Tummal, a sacred quarter in her city of Nippur. The Sumerian King List claims that Gilgamesh ruled the city of Uruk, one of the prominant cities of Sumer, for 126 years. If Gilgamesh existed, he probably was a king who reigned sometime between 28 BC. Gilgamesh is generally seen by scholars as an historical figure, since inscriptions have been found which confirm the existence of other figures associated with him in the epic. ![]() So the whole fictionalized life thing is really about Gilgamesh, who was a king of legend in ancient Mesopotamia, and the story comes to us from an Akkadian poem that is considered the first great work of literature. I wanted to read this because I wanted to know more about him, and I thought a fictionalized account of his life would be more interesting than just hieing myself off to Wikipedia. ![]()
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