Contents

Preface

List of Characters

Babylonian Words

Map of Gilgamesh’s Mesopotamia

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Prologue

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1 The Coming of Enkidu

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2 ‘He saw you in dreams…’

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3 Enkidu’s Decision

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4 Enkidu and Gilgamesh

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5 The Goddess Ninsun Prays to the Sun God, Shamash 39 6 Journey to the Cedar Forest 45 7 The Battle with Humbaba 55 8 Inanna and Gilgamesh 67 9 The Death of Enkidu 77 10 Enkidu’s Funeral 83 11 Gilgamesh in the Wilderness 87 12 Gilgamesh at the Edge of the World 95 13 Uta-napishtim, the Flood survivor 101 14 The Plant of Youth 109 15 Homecoming 115 Epilogue 119

Afterword

Acknowledgements

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