HUM-2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Siduri, Enkidu, Ninhursag
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Diaspora- hebrews were in mesopotamia but were kicked out- 2000 bc- no proof of this- chapter in the bible wrote about it 1500 years later: hebrew/israelite/jews- hebrews adopted the term israelites after kicked out- Inannua//ishtar- a goddess- falls in love with gilgamesh- is offended by. Gilgamesh- sends bull of heaven to gilgamesh- the bull was killed by enkidu and. What makes a hero: selfless, sacrifice, saves others, does something for good, we elevate other people over the people we should look up to. Look to reality stars rather than leaders: the ancient"s ideas for hero was different than ours. Did not attribute heroes to noble qualities. 500-100 bce- gilgamesh was written, dates to 1200 bce. Gilagmesh becomes obsessed with sex: sent men out to work during the day, and added women to the harem, abused men seriously, showed he was not a good leader- has a leadership problem. A(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t heroes did (cid:374)ot do well whe(cid:374) thi(cid:374)gs do(cid:374)"t go their way.
