CAS CC 101 Lecture Notes - Enki, Polytheism, Utnapishtim
29 Jan 2014
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Gilgamesh king and main hero of the story. Enkidu born in the wilderness, and is gilgamesh"s other half. Utnapishtim asked ea to build a preserver of life for the coming flood. Akkadian located in the area surrounding ancient mesopotamia. Ziggurat large stepped pyramid, whose main purpose was a temple. Cuneiform earliest known way of writing on clay tablets. Hierogamy sexual marriage between a god and goddess (see notes below). Uruk ancient sumer city located by the euphrates river (see notes below). Gilgamesh is the protector of the city uruk, as king. The hero of a story is often a king. In order to be civilized, you must have a god or temple to a god or gods in your city. Ishtar is the main goddess in the story gilgamesh. She is the goddess of sex, joy of life, love, fertility in the land, wild animals, and humans, feminine power/psychology, war, harmony, and maturity. Read the books and come to class.
