Gilgamesh in Wikipedia
(Akkadian cuneiform: 𒄑𒂆𒈦 [𒂆], Gilgameš, also known as
Bilgames in the earliest text[1]) was the fifth king of Uruk
(Early Dynastic II, first dynasty of Uruk), ruling circa 2700
BC, according to the Sumerian king list. According to the
Tummal Inscription,[2] Gilgamesh, and his son Urlugal, rebuilt
the sanctuary of the goddess Ninlil, in Tummal, a sacred
quarter in her city of Nippur. Gilgamesh is the central
character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the greatest surviving
work of early Mesopotamian literature. In the epic his father
was Lugalbanda and his mother was Ninsun (whom some call Rimat
Ninsun), a goddess. Gilgamesh is described as two parts god
and one part man. In Mesopotamian mythology, Gilgamesh is
credited with having been a demigod of superhuman strength who
built a great city wall to defend his people from external
threats and travelled to meet Utnapishtim, the sage who had
survived the Great Deluge...
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