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Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
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“Look for the copper tablet-box,
Undo its bronze lock,
Open the door to its secret,
Lift out the lapis lazuli tablet and read it,
The story of that man, Gilgamesh, who went through all kinds of sufferings.”
― Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
Undo its bronze lock,
Open the door to its secret,
Lift out the lapis lazuli tablet and read it,
The story of that man, Gilgamesh, who went through all kinds of sufferings.”
― Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
“The daughter of Sin was determined to go
To the dark house, dwelling of Erkalla's god,
To the house which those who enter cannot leave,
On the road where travelling is one-way only,
To the house where those who enter are deprived of light,
Where dust is their food, clay their bread.
They see no light, they dwell in darkness,
They are clothed like birds, with feathers.”
― Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
To the dark house, dwelling of Erkalla's god,
To the house which those who enter cannot leave,
On the road where travelling is one-way only,
To the house where those who enter are deprived of light,
Where dust is their food, clay their bread.
They see no light, they dwell in darkness,
They are clothed like birds, with feathers.”
― Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
“In Gilgamesh the Flood story is reused out of its original context, to mark the time in history after which it was no longer possible for a mortal to win immortality.”
― Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
― Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
