They Came From Outerspace
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a literary work that offers some idea of the creation of man and our relationship with our creators. Although unpopular, the story of Gilgamesh is interpreted by some to be evidence of our (human) encounters with alien beings. It is some archaeologist's belief that we were created by this alien race to be laborers. Let's consider for a moment that a race of people could travel into the sky and possessed items of advanced technology. Ninsun, the mother of Gilgamesh, refers to her kind as the "hosts of heaven". The people that controlled these items would very well be perceived as gods. Early Sumerian text suggests that the gods made the human race from a hybrid of themselves and the primitive man. The primitive man could be compared to Enkidu before he was tamed; "Enkidu ate grass in the hills with the gazelle and lurked with the wild beasts at the water hole..." Gilgamesh was derived from a relationship between a god and a mortal human. It is said that he was two-thirds god and one-third human. Unfortunately, the human portion kept him from enjoying the long life of the gods. It was Gilgamesh's mortalit
Humbaba was appointed by Enlil and was heavily armed. It is said that Humbaba was armed in sevenfold terrors and was terrible to all flesh. Obviously, Humbaba was posted as a guard to keep the humans out. While Gilgamesh and Enkidu were in the Cedar forest, they managed to witness a shem taking off. "The heavens roared and the earth roared again, daylight failed and darkness fell, lightning flashed, fire blazed out, the clouds lowered, they rained down death. Then the brightness departed, the fire went out, and all was turned to ashes fallen all about us". Their experience sounds a great deal like the launching of one of our space shuttles. To accomplish this task, Gilgamesh set out on a venture to find the place where the gods went to the heavens. His intentions were to travel to the heavens like the gods. Although it is commonly believed that the Sumerian word "shem" means name, it is also deciphered as "ship". Now, when Gilgamesh says,"I will set up my shem in the place where the shems of famous men are raised", one can start to understand the context of the statement. Gilgamesh intends to join the gods in their heavenly abode! This was not going to be an e
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Approximate Word count = 794
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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