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31 Cards in this Set
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gilgamesh 2
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-king of uruk
-2/3 god 1/3 human |
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anu 2
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-father of gods
-god of firmament |
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aruru, mommy the expert, ninhursag
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-A goddess of creation who fashioned Enkidu from clay and her spittle.
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enkidu
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-gilgamesh's soulmate/friend
-Hairy-bodied and brawny -raised by animals -dies by a slow, painful, inglorious death for killing the demon Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven. |
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shamhat
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- The temple prostitute who tames Enkidu by seducing him
-works for ishtar -gives her body for any men in honor |
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author
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sin-leqi-unninni
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2 main themes
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-fame
-immortality |
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eanna 2
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-hangout placed for gods
-top of zigaurats |
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shamash, utu
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-sun god
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ishtar, enanna
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-goddess of love and fertility, and war.
-took keys from ia |
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humbaba
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-lives in cedar forest
-forest gardian |
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ninsun
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-explained the dream to gilgamesh
-gilgamesh's mom |
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lugalbanda
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-died then became a god
-gilgamesh's dad |
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utnapishtim
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-immortal
-A king and priest of Shurrupak -survived flood |
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scorpian couple
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-The upper parts of the monsters’ bodies are human, and the lower parts end in a scorpion tail.
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shiduri
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-The goddess of wine-making and brewing
-tavern keeper |
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urshanabi
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- The guardian of the mysterious “stone things.”
-pilots a small ferryboat across the Waters of Death to the Far Away place where Utnapishtim lives |
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stone men
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-helps urshanabi cross the river
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enlil, marduk
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-king of all gods
-owns cedar forest |
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ninurta
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god of war
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ennugi
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The "watcher over canals" and god of irrigation.
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ea, enki
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wisdom god
sweet water god |
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ereshkigal
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queen of underworld
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ismud
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humble deities
2 face messenger for ea |
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nanna
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moon god
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nergal
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netherworld deities
king |
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ninti
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lady of the rib
she who bings live |
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nintu
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birthing goddes
h.d. |
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nidaba
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goddess of witing literature
h.d. |
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namtar
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N.D.
fate |
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ada
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good of precipitation
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