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In ancient Mesopotamia there was a human of great powers. His name was Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is an ancient tale passed down orally from generation to generation in mesopotamia. David Ferry writes this version. The author reconstructs the epic tale on the ancient Mesopotamian ways of friendship, gods and goddesses, and immortality. The tales follow Gilgamesh on very dangerous journeys across ancient mesopotamia. Some symbolic battles are those with Huwawa, the demon of the beautiful Cedar forest, the bull of heaven which was sent by the goddess Ishtar in disgust, and the journey to Utnapishtim’s enormous compound. Through each battle and journey Gilgamish shows unique characteristics of humans and immortals in ancient Misopotamia. This particular poem is left open for different interpretation. For example, the tablets only tell that Gilgamish had died; however they never tell the reader how Gilgamesh had died. These tales unfold to new adventures and new lesson of life. These tales are ancient, but still help our learning of friendship, the relatio
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Approximate Word count = 746
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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