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Information: The Epic of Gilgamesh contains the quest of the king of Uruk in Babylonia for immortality and of his friendship with Enkidu, the wild man from the hills. Many texts include the account of a flood similar to the deluge described in Genesis.
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Gilgamesh Sites:
Gilgamesh Study Guide Gilgamesh Study Guide: Online course materials outlining the epic of Gilgamesh and its historical setting. (Gilgamesh) http://novaonline.nv.cc.va.us/eli/eng251/gilgameshstudy.htm
Gilgamesh Summary Gilgamesh Summary: Summary of the Old Babylonian heroic poem, which describes the legendary story of Gilgamesh, King of Uruk. (Gilgamesh) http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/MESO/GILG.HTM
Sin-leqe-unnini Sin-leqe-unnini: Extracts from the legend of Gilgamesh. (Gilgamesh) http://www.humanistictexts.org/gilgamesh.htm
Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and The Epic of Gilgamesh Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and The Epic of Gilgamesh: Article by Arthur A. Brown discussing the literary development in the several versions of the epic of Gilgamesh. (Gilgamesh) http://eawc.evansville.edu/essays/brown.htm
Kramer's Translation of a Gilgamesh Prologue Kramer's Translation of a Gilgamesh Prologue: A passage that may be considered to include the oldest known reference to the goddess Lilith. (Gilgamesh) http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Topics/Lilith/gilgamesh.html
Gilgamesh Gilgamesh: English translation of the Akkadian clay tablets, with gaps filled in from the Old Babylonian version. (Gilgamesh) http://gilgamesh.ifokus.info/
The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh: The text as translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs. (Gilgamesh) http://wolf.mind.net/library/ancient/sumer/contents.htm
Additional
Information: The Epic of Gilgamesh contains the quest of the king of Uruk in Babylonia for immortality and of his friendship with Enkidu, the wild man from the hills. Many texts include the account of a flood similar to the deluge described in Genesis.
The ear
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