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The Epic of Gilgamesh is perhaps amongst the greatest texts produced. The epic poem predates many Classical Antiquity poems and is likely the oldest piece of literature in existence. Gilgamesh is a semi-mythical king who is featured in many Sumerian poems. Gilgamesh is thought to be the son of a priest-king, Lugalbanda and a goddess called Ninsun (sometimes written Ninsumun) - this makes Gilgamesh a "demi-god"; which explains his long reign and in-human strength described in the epic. But with great power comes great responsibility - Gilgamesh was a tyrant and abused his power. The epic beginning with Gilgamesh meeting Enkidu, who Gilgamesh decides to wrestle to prove he is king of the land - but the two quickly discover that they are evenly matched. They decide it better that they become allis/friends then it would be for them to kill one another. Enkidu is a creature of the forest though and becomes bored by life in Gilgamesh's city. To appease Enkidu, Gilgamesh offers that the two go on trip into the wilderness to hunt a demon called Humbaba. After getting suited up for the hunt Enkidu starts to get cold-feet, but Gilgamesh eggs him on. The two run into Giglamesh's mother who blesses their journey despite believing it is a poor use of their time. The two find the creature and, with the aid of the gods, Gilgamesh beheads Humbaba. The pair sail home; when he arrives home, he meets with the goddess Ishtar - who seems to be romantically inclined towards him, but he rejects her advances. In response, Ishtar send the Bull of Heaven to kill Gilgamesh to no avail because he and Enkidu slay the thing. Enkidu in a blood haze chucks a piece of the bull at Ishtar - Ishtar isn't amused and kills him. Gilgamesh then decides to sojourn in mourning, which leads him to wondering about his own mortality. He goes in search for a wise man named Utnapishtum. Which is a super laborious feat as he breaks and kills the things he need to cross a river to get to him, but Giglamesh finds Utnapishtum... only to be judged by him. Gilgamesh confronts Utnapishtum about the real reason he travelled so far - that is immortality. Utnapishtum challenges Gilgamesh to stay awake for an entire week - Giglamesh believes that it will be a simple task. When he sits down, he realizes what a long journey it has been to get to Utnapishtum, and he falls asleep. Utnapishtum tells Gilgamesh there is one more way to get the rejuvenation he seeks and it is a plant at the bottom of a lake. Gilgamesh does retrieve it but loses it when he turns his back during his return home when he stops for a bath. IN MY OPINION Giglamesh in your chart can represent a) where you think you are untouchable, b) your pride, c) where you hit rock bottom, d) where you can't follow through on a task you set out to complete, e) where you hunger for more than what you are given, and/or f) where you seek more time.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of giglamesh along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of giglamesh AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede giglamesh!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: ishtar (7088)!

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ikaris' whole character was that he was the soldier, he followed orders and believed that the emergence needed to happen. he was going to follow his orders no matter what. no matter what it meant. if he had to hurt the people he loved, than so be it.

kingo, however, agreed that the emergence needed to happen. believed that the lives created outweighed those lost. however he absolutely refused to fight his family. refused to hurt any of them. even ikaris who had killed ajak, lead to giglamesh's death, and tried to kill makkari but ended up hurting him. no matter what his beliefs were, he wasn't going to hurt his family for them.

now i don't agree with the emergence and i hate the entire idea behind it but goddamn i have so much respect to kingo for walking away and not hurting his family instead of fighting for what he thought was right.

Made a wallpaper of druig sersi ikaris Sprite thena

Ikaris is the big one on the bottom

Druig is the one on the other side of it

In the middle is sersi

Then in the back is Sprite

I forgot if this was headcanons or not so it’s hcs, sorry bout that.

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| Giglamesh

• Living in the Euphrates river during a time when non-mermaids lived working for their King was wonderful. You had gotten to see these no-tails run around to build monuments and their on homes near your river. You remember the time when there was no other thing besides yourself and a few of your kind. But you seeing the tadpoles (non-mermaid offspring/children) run around and play near your river, and you would say hello and wave, to hear them return your greeting with their high pitched voices and laughter.

• There has been small stories about the fish tailed person in the water that saves the lives of those who fall into the river and almost drown. The survivors always said that a person with a brilliant teal tail with flourishes of copper to help illustrate the brilliance of your scales an tail. How you were the river servant to one of their gods that would help them - a servant of the greatest King Giglamesh.

• You didn’t know who Giglamesh was, but you always made sure that you lurked around the surface and helped as many people as possible so another tadpole would not drown or nearly drown. You often talked to the tiny tadpoles and even the older ones about their life in the kingdom that was next to your river. They always talked about King Giglamesh and went on about how amazing he was and that you were surely a spirit serving him as you always helped them. That left you curious about this King.

• One day you saw a shrine built in your honor, a weird title written in their language, when you went back up to the surface after a week long absence due to visiting your friends in the ocean. You saw various gifts and a man with shiny rocks on his person talking to the shrine and going on about some long speech. Only from the neck up did you peek at the man as he did his best to persuade you to come back and help the people as you did. When his red eyes landed on you, you would splash and hide away. This routine lasted another week before you decided to get closer to the river bank when Giglamesh was alone.

• Giglamesh was curious about his people’s plight at missing the beautiful river spirit that no doubt belonged to him (though he had never saw the spirit). He ordered a shrine be built and he communicated with the gods to get the spirit to come back. One day he went alone and saw teal mixed with copper shimmering under the water. Then your eyes were shining with the sun as you made yourself appear before him. “Hello.” You gave him a small smile that hid your teeth. And he gave you a grin, “Hello, river spirit.”

• You laughed at the name and told him your real name, being called a river spirit was ridiculous, and did you best to appear as civil as possible. After all, you existed long before these “humans” did and you could be civilized when possible. Giglamesh was taken aback by how polite and friendly you were as you introduced yourself, and he mirrored it. The both of you held a long conversation about one another and the different kingdoms that you lived in, near or watched compared to his own. You learned of his best friend Enkidu, and eventually met him. It became a weekly routine for you to converse with the both of them and have a small trio meeting that lasted from the evening to the night. It was pleasant and fun.

• One day, it was just Giglamesh as he sat near the river bank and waited for you to appear. He asked you various questioned about your life, what you were, and why you stated in the river when you use to love on the ocean. “I use to live in an ocean kingdom until I grew bored of my own kind, mermaids, sirens, and mermen if you wish to call us that, and I decided my home would be here. It wasn’t loud, or quiet, and I could wait to see what you ‘humans’ do. I always enjoyed watching you all run around and live your life peacefully before one kingdom ends and another begins. An endless cycle. An endless memory that never dies. Never before have I ever interacted with your long till now. Is that all King Giglamesh?”