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GILGAMESH

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Through his journey, Gilgamesh learns that mortality is inescapable, and that is what characterizes humans.

The Ordinary World

The Call to Adventure

Refusal

Mentor Helper

The Ordinary World

Pg 15

1

"Gilgamesh was king of Uruk, a city set between the Tigris and Euphrates river in ancient Babylonia."

Mentor/Call to Adventure

"Ninsun said: The ax is a man who is your friend and equal. He will come. A graceful man who will lift you out of tiredness" (20).

2

Refusal

"They fell like wolves at each other's throats, like bulls bellowing and horses gasping for breath..." (23).

3

Humbaba's Forest

Crossing the Threshold

Test/ Allies/ Enemies

Forest

Crossing the Threshold

"Some called the forest 'Hell,' and others 'Paradise'..." (35).

1

Test/Enemies/Ally

"And then he raised his ax up higher. And swung it in a perfect arc into Humbaba's neck. He reached out to touch the wounded shoulder of his friend..." (41).

2

Outside the Forest

Ordeal

Outside the Forest

Meeting Ishtar

1

"Ishtar came. Their city's patroness, Goddess of love and fruitfulness and war" (42).

Bull of Heaven

"Enkidu, to protect his friend, found strength. He lunged from side to side watching for his chance to seize the horns" (45).

2

Enkidu Dies

"Tears filled his eyes as he appealed to Ninsun, his mother, and to the elders" (48).

3

Desert

"Gilgamesh wandered through the desert alone as he had never been alone" (54).

Desert

New Beginning

Mountains of Mashu

Mountains of Mashu

"When he arrived at the mountains of Mashu, whose peaks reach to the shores of Heaven and whose roots descend to Hell..." (56).

1

Road of the Sun

Approach

Road of the Sun

Road of the Sun

"He entered the Road of the Sun which was so shrouded in darkness that he could see neither what was ahead of him nor behind" (59).

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Siduri's Advice

Rose River

"Alright, she sighed; she had despaired of him already. You must find his boatman Urshanabi..." (66).

Second Call to Adventure

Reward

Road Back/ Return

Second Call to Adventure

"Utnapishtim stood on the other shore, his old and rugged features worn by the seas and deserts he himself had crossed" (72).

1

Rose River/ Road Back

"There is a plant in the river, Its thorns will prick your hands as a rose thorn pricks but it will give to you new life" (84).

2

Hero's Journey/ Theme

Gilgamesh learns that no one can escape death and mortality is, therefore, inevitable.

Conclusion

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