tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post2517505536458562881..comments2024-03-26T12:44:30.308-07:00Comments on Blue Heron Blast: GilgameshBlue Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-19607137287668859282022-07-12T09:46:23.671-07:002022-07-12T09:46:23.671-07:00Hi Robert
In working on a new history course -Anci...Hi Robert<br />In working on a new history course -Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations- the rise of the Sumerian culture and the story of Gilgamesh was one of the many stories that come from this period. it was all new to me and it was a fascinating read and an eye opener about the persistence of these early stories and the roots of christianity. dougAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717249969797632814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-68976868488286098572022-07-11T09:43:59.213-07:002022-07-11T09:43:59.213-07:00Yes, it is an excellent read - especially when rea...Yes, it is an excellent read - especially when read out loud as it wold have been recited. The writer John Gardiner (with John Maier(?)) also did a translation.<br /><br />In February I bought a bronze pendant that is the face of Humbaba the Terrible, a giant reared by the sun god and appointed guardian of the Cedar Forest (Cedars of Lebanon). The killing of Humbaba by Enkidu, of course, seals Enkidu's fate.<br /><br />I think, by the by, that it was a Mesopotamian clay tablet text of the Gilgamesh story that was one of the items recovered in the bust of the Greene's, owners of Hobby Lobby. <br /><br />OK, just looked up the story:<br /><br />"Hobby Lobby agreed to return the artifacts and pay a fine of US$3,000,000. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returned 3,800 items seized from Hobby Lobby to Iraq in May 2018. In March 2020 the Hobby Lobby president agreed to return 11,500 items to Egypt and Iraq." -- Wikipedia<br />Wilbur Normanhttp://www.wilburnorman.comnoreply@blogger.com