For thousands of years, tales have served as cultural windows…
And their heroes have been mirrors their ideals.
These heroes have embodied traits including courage, power, and morality.
and they still do today
But one tale
Preceded them all
"Fool. The only hero in Heaven and Earth who is a real king is me. The rest are a collection of mongrels!"
-Gilgamesh
Read the original epic
Here you can find the Epic of Gilgamesh in it's academically translated version from the Oxford trained Thompson (1876-1941). Here.
Enuma Elish
Learn more about the Babylonian creation myth, one of the most important sources for understanding the Babylonian worldview. Here.
Popular Culture
The Epic of Gilgamesh is most brought to the modern era in numerous aspects of popular culture, from animation to drama. Learn of Type-Moon's grail wars and how the servants of the Fate series do battle here
