Sîn-lēqi-unninni

◦ The ancient Co-Author of the Epic of Gilgamesh

◦ was a Babylonian scribe who wrote the standard
Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, based on much older
source material, probably during the Middle
Babylonian Period (1600 – 1155 BC)
 Chapter 2

The Forest Journey

 THE GODS,
CHARACTERS 20XX

, PLACES AND
THINGS
MENTIONED
IN THIS
CHAPTER
The Gods and The other characters
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GILGAMESH
The hero of the Epic; son of the goddess
Ninsum and of a priest of Kullas, fifth king
of Uruk after the flood, famous as a great
builder and as a judge of the dead.

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 20XX Enkidu
◦Moulded by Aruru, goddess
of creation, out of clay is the
image and 'of the essence of
Anu', the sky-god, and of
Ninurta the war-god. The
companion of Gilgamesh, he
is wild or natural reran; he
was later considered a patron
or god of animals and may
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have been the hero of another
cycle
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Enlil
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◦God of earth, wind, and the universal air, ultimately

spirit; the executive of Anu. In the Sumerian
cosmogony he was born of the union of A heaven,
and Ki earth. These he separated, and he then carried
off earth as his portion. In later times he supplanted
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 20XX Shamash
◦Sumerian Utu; the sun; for the
Sumerians he was principally the
judge and law-giver with some
fertility attributes. For the Semites
he was also a victorious warrior,
the god of wisdom, the son of Sin,
and ‘greater than his father'. He
was the husband and brother of
Ishtar. He is represented with the
saw with which he cuts decisions.
In the poems 'Shamash' may mean
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the god, or simply the sun.

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Humbaba

◦Also Huwawa; a guardian

of the cedar forest who
opposes Gilgamesh and is
killed by him and Enkidu. A
nature divinity, perhaps an
Anatolian, Elamite, or
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Syrian god.
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Ninsum
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◦The mother of Gilgamesh, a minor goddess whose

house was in Uruk; she was noted for wisdom, and
was the wife of Lugalbanda.

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Lugalbanda
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◦Third king of the post-diluvian dynasty of Uruk, a

god and shepherd, and hero of a cycle of Sumerian
poems; protector of Gilgamesh.

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Ningal
Wife of the Moon God and
mother of the Sun.

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Namtar
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◦Fate, destiny in its evil aspect; pictured as a demon

of the underworld, also a messenger and chief
minister of Ereshkigal; a bringer of disease and
pestilence.

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Annunaki

Usually gods of the

underworld, judges of the
dead and offspring of Anu

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The Places
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Uruk
◦Biblical Erech, modem Warka,
in southern Babylonia between
Fara (Shutrupak) and Ur.
Shown by excavation to have
been an important city from
very early times, with great
temples to the gods Anu and
Ishtar. Traditionally the enemy
of the city of Kish, and after the
flood the eat of a dynasty of
kings, among whom Gilgamesh
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was the fifth and most famous
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Land of Cedars
Where Humbaba live and thrive

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Anshan

◦A district of Elam in
south-west Persia;
probably the source of
supplies of wood for
making bows.
Gilgamesh has a 'bow
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Egalmah
The 'Great Palace' in
Uruk, the home of the
goddess Ninsun, the
mother of Gilgamesh

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Kullas
Part of Uruk

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Other Things mentioned in this Chapter
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Magilum
Uncertain meaning, perhaps ‘the
boat of the dead'

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