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The Epic of Gilgamesh (The folios archive library)

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The story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu facing the Monster Humbaba covers love, culture, and history. The story dates back to 4000 years ago to Akkaia, Babylon, and Sumeria. The best known tablets were known to have been preserved in 7th century B.C. The epic that was translated from 12 tablets tells about two heros that face a beast and one dies. It also is the first recorded story of the flood.

This version starts out well but ends up being compared too much to the bible for my tastes. There are many stories of the flood other than the bible to compare it to.

I commend the author for not filling in the missing parts and only suggesting what they thought had happend. All in all this tale or heroism, beasts, and the flood is admirable but not much more.

In my opinion the art work in the book is one of the most horrid that I had ever seen. If the art was so bad, they could have just left it out. Our imaginations are much, much better. The serpent is simply a small snake and the Great Goddess Ishtar is ugly and ridiculous. We should have been spared the art work, if that's what you want to call it.