Enkidu totally gets the short end of the stick though.
Rich
- No wonder the Epic of Gilgamesh is a classic:
- Father give me the Bull of Heaven,
- So he can kill Gilgamesh in his dwelling.
- If you do not give me the Bull of Heaven ,
- I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld,
- I will smash the doorposts, and leave the doors flat down,
- and will let the dead go up to eat the living!
- And the dead will outnumber the living!
- It will be awful!
You know how it is, any discussion kind of gets back to family, no matter where it starts.
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An unusual analogy--I like it!
The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest in the world, and Ishtar demanding the bull of heaven sounds so much like a kid demanding car keys ... I had to share the comment Rich made.
I hope that Ishtar was OK...
or whatever her name was. I'm confused. :)
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