![]() When she was finished, she threw it into the wilderness. Aruru began working with her clay and fashioned it into the form of a man. Someone who could knock some sense into the giant of a man. He asked her to create a man who would be equal to King Gilgamesh. He knew that talking to his daughter Ninsun would be of little use, so he went to Aruru, the creator of mankind. The people finally feel there is nothing for them to do but pray to the god Anu, who happens to be the king's grandfather, for relief, and Anu listened. Imagine having your king have sex with your brand new wife before you even get the chance. He also likes a lot of variety in his women, so much so, that he sleeps with the daughters of his generals, girls barely old enough to be with a man and every bride on her wedding night. Gilgamesh, it seems, has an uncontrollable appetite for sex. They work every day with hardly time for meals, but this is not the only problem the people have with their mighty king. You see the king wants there to be a large wall around his city in addition to other building projects. No one will dare say a word against him despite the fact that he is working his people to death. He is very arrogant, after all he is three parts god, and he towers above all men in the city. When our story starts, King Gilgamesh has already taken the throne of Uruk, though his subjects are extremely unhappy about the way he is ruling. Neil Dalrymple Tablet I: The Not-So-Good King of Uruk ![]() Gilgamesh Working the Men while Taking the Women Gilgamesh was three quarters god, a fact of which he was extremely proud. With Lugalbanda and Ninsun as his parents, Gilgamesh was not just any hero like Hercules or Perseus. Falling in love with Lugalbanda led her to live much of her life on Earth, as a wife and mother, even though her father, Anu, was the sky god and one of the big three in Sumerian religion, and her mother was Uras, a goddess of earth. This could be why he attracted the attention of the lovely Ninsun, or Lady Wild Cow. They were so pleased, in fact, that they made him a half-god. As a soldier in King Enmerkar's army, Lugalbanda accomplished a couple of miraculous feats that earned him the praise of the gods. Lugalbanda had his own special story to tell. So you may be thinking this has to be all mythology, right? The truth is that Gilgamesh and Lugalbanda appear on the Sumerian Kings List with the later ruling for an amazing 1200 years. ![]() He was the son of King Lugalbanda, the third king of Uruk, and his mother was Ninsun, a Sumerian goddess. Gilgamesh was the fifth king of Uruk, a major city in Sumer, but he was not just any king.
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