Sounds like #bowhead #whales could solve the #paradox of #Gilgamesh, and we should all join the #ConeyIsland #polarbear club
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/an-american-study-shows-that-humans-could-live-up-to-200-years-if-its-method-were-applied/28375/ #longevity #science #whales

#Gilgamesh to #Enkidu:

be the match for my stormy heart?
be my second self?
be my axe?
be my wife?
be mine?

Happy #ValentinesDay (belated)

From me to you <3

Or #Gilgamesh and #Enkidu to each other 😜

i am once again asking you to read #theEpicofGilgamesh

It's approx 4,000 years old, about love and grief at its core and will tear your heart out and begin to mend it again.

Ease of reading: read Stephen Mitchell's version

Academic reading: read Sophus Helle's

(or read both <3)

v-day cards are from "Queer at Last" podcast, shared with permission.

https://www.tumblr.com/queeratlast

#Romance #LGBTQ

https://www.project-anime.com/1338029/ THIS WOMAN IS A GODDESS! | Fate/Strange Fake Episode 7 REACTION #2026Winter #2026WinterAnime #2026年冬開始の新作アニメ #AjRich #ajrich #Anime #AnimeReaction #AnimeReactions #fate #FateReaction #FateRichard #FateStangeFakeEpisode7 #FateStrangeFakeAnime #FateStrangeFakeEp7Reaction #FateStrangeFakeEpisode7 #FateStrangeFakeEpisode7Reaction #FateStrangeFakeOpening #FateStrangeFakeReaction #FateStrangeFakeReactions #Fate/stayNight #Fate/strangeFake #gilgamesh #Saber #アニメ. #新作アニメ

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Grief is as old as humanity.

Epic of Gilgamesh X.235-248 (trans. Andrew R George)

via drowningparty

#poetry
#Gilgamesh
#grief

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A quotation from The Epic of Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh, where are you roaming?
You will never find the eternal life
that you seek. When the gods created mankind,
they also created death, and they held back
eternal life for themselves alone.
Humans are born, they live, and then they die,
this is the order that the gods have decreed.
But until the end comes, enjoy your life,
spend it in happiness, not despair.
Savor your food, make each of your days
a delight, bathe and anoint yourself,
wear bright clothes that are sparkling clean,
let music and dancing fill your house,
love the child who holds you by the hand,
and give your wife pleasure in your embrace.
That is the best way for a man to live.

Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2100–1200 BC) Sumerian myth
Tablet 10, col. 3 [Siduri] [tr. Mitchell (2004)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gilgamesh/81779/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gilgamesh #carpediem #doom #enjoyment #goodlife #happiness #humancondition #humanity #joy #living #mortality #seizetheday #gusto

I wonder how many people were first introduced to Gilgamesh by Captain Picard in "Darmok".

#StarTrek #TNG #Gilgamesh #Darmok

Join us for a discussion of the epic poem Gilgamesh. In “Is a River Alive?” Robert Macfarlane hands a copy of Gilgamesh to several river defenders. As an ancient epic over 4,000 years old and describing some of the first recorded ecocide, it feels like an important text to read. And it’s short! There is an audio version by Stephen Mitchell that has one of the best audiobook narrators on the market: George Guidall. Feel free to read/listen to other versions as well (though we’ll use this one as the discussion text). AND for an even quicker take on the Epic of Gilgamesh, you can listen to Bart sing “The Inglorious Death of Enkidu.” based on the epic.

Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/7750874170?pwd=aWR1Y213MlFkMVh3MWQ3UHFkMjJxQT09

US East Coast: January 29th - 2:30pm
EU Paris/Berlin: Jan 29th - 8:30pm
AU Sydney/Melbourne: Jan 30th - 06:30am

#GaianWay #BookClub #Gilgamesh

https://www.project-anime.com/1325910/ Gilgamesh vs Alcides vs Hippolyta Full Fight | Fate/strange Fake Season 1 Episode 04 #2026Winter #2026WinterAnime #2026年冬開始の新作アニメ #AlcidesVsGilgamesh #Anime #FateStrangeFakeAmv #FateStrangeFakeEp4 #FateStrangeFakeEp5Pv #FateStrangeFakeEpisode4 #FateStrangeFakeLatestEpisode #Fate/strangeFake #Fate/strangeFakeEpisode04EnglishSub #Gilgamesh&TinéChelcVsAlcides #GilgameshVsAlcidesFight #GilgameshVsAlcidesVsHippolyta #HippolytaVsAlcides #アニメ. #フェイト・ストレンジ・フェイク第4話 #新作アニメ

Uruk was one of the most important cities (at one time, the most important) in ancient Mesopotamia. #History #Writing #Uruk #Urbanization #Ur #Sumerians #SumerianLanguage #Sumer #SargonOfAkkad #Inanna #Gilgamesh #Eridu #Akkad #Babylonia #Trade #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-43-en/

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #RoundMidnight Gilgamesh: 🎵 Waiting #BBCRadio3 #Gilgamesh ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Track on #Spotify:

Waiting

A quote I like and resonate with from the Epic of Gilgamesh (the oldest tale ever written!).

There's not many ancient representations of Siduri.
Hopefully what I drew is not too disgraceful.

https://thebad.website/comic/sumerian_wisdom

#quote #history #philosophy #sumer #gilgamesh

Suite 2e Millénaire - 20e siècle av. J-C. : https://mastodon.social/@cobrate/113465461010323005

“Celles qui doivent devenir épouses, il couche avec elles
Lui d’abord, le mari seulement après
Les dieux en ont décidé ainsi
Dès qu’on lui a coupé le cordon
il a eu ce droit.”
- L’Épopée de #Gilgamesh = #viol

GILGAMESH LAMENT FOR ENKIDU

Context (Lifted from Peter Pringle’s Video Desc.): Gilgamesh was king of the Sumerian city of Uruk in Southern Mesopotamia, some 5000 years ago. According to legend, he was a ruthless despot, so the gods created a friend for him, a kind of wild man called Enkidu, who was able to challenge him successfully in battle. This took Gilgamesh’s mind off oppressing his people, and he and Enkidu became inseparable friends. The two of them shared many remarkable adventures together but they made a fatal mistake. They traveled to the great cedar forest, where they killed a sacred beast known as “The Bull of Heaven”. This angered the gods, so they sentenced Enkidu to death.

TABLET VIII of the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, contains the text I sing in this lament. I would like to thank Andrew R. George, the translator of Gilgamesh, whose translation of the text appears in the subtitles to this video, for his generous help with the pronunciation of Old Babylonian. […]

There are two musical instruments in this interpretation of the lament of Gilgamesh. The lute I decided to use is the Persian “setar”, which is one of the closest instruments to the ancient three-stringed lutes that is still in existence today. The setar is capable of playing a wide range of quarter tones but, according to archaeomusicologists, the Babylonians did not use them. Personally, I’m not so sure about that.

The other musical instrument I used is a pair of reed pipes which are played together. The ones you see at the beginning of the video are copies of the pair of silver pipes that were discovered by archaeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley, during his excavations of the Sumerian city of Ur, in the 1920’s. They have a sound similar to the modern “duduk” and, like the duduk, the shehnai and the Australian didgeridoo, they are played using the technique known as “circular breathing”, in order to produce a continuous tone without interruption. The ancient Babylonian reed pipe was known as the “malilum”.

Since I could not sing, accompany myself on the lute, and play the pipes at the same time, I sampled the sound of the pipes and used a MIDI pedal keyboard (like the ones organists use to play bass notes) to trigger the sounds - one foot for each of the two silver pipes. That way I could perform all the parts of the lament at once, without any need for overdubs.

The glazed brick wall you see behind me in this video is part of the magnificent “Gate of Ishtar”, which was the main entrance to the ancient city of Babylon.

MC3 Interview: Cam Kerkau on adapting big classic stories for today
How does one tell the biggest story ever for a modern audience? You just tell it.
https://www.sidequesting.com/2025/11/mc3-interview-cam-kerkau-on-adapting-big-classic-stories-for-today/
#Comic #ComicBook #Interviews #MCCC #CamKerkau #comic #ComicBook #gilgamesh #interview #MC3 #MCCC #MotorCityComicCon

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗵" 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 -

. . . elliptical, paradoxical, mysterious, adventurous, at once a strange rollicking adventure to kill giants and subdue women but also a careful meditation on mortality and love and power. Even so, it is Helle's translation that returns to the story its power. . . .

https://waywordsstudio.com/general/reviews/gilgamesh-trans-by-sophus-helle/

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #sophushelle #gilgamesh #mythology #hero