The Epic of Gilgamesh
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- All woman of Uruk are mine!
- I am King Gilgamesh
- Um no way! I don't like desperate Goddesses. Go on!
- Oooh Gilgamesh! You are so handsome, will you be my lover??
- Why me? My heart is broken forever now!
- This is what you get sucker!
- Gilgamesh, the Priest King of Uruk. Born two-thirds divine and one-third human. The offspring of the Goddess Ninsun who was in the shape of a wild cow.
- Take me to this Utanapishtim who is said to have found the secret!
- How much do I get paid for this?
- Gilgamesh and Enkidu come back with Humbaba's head. Ishtar makes advances towards Gilgamesh, and is chided for her fickle passions. In her fury, she sends the Bull of Heaven after them.
- Can you please give me eternal life? I beg you..
- If I must dear.
- Husband don't be selfish, give him the plant.
- After killing the Bull of Heaven, the Gods decided that one must die, and Enkidu meets that fate. Gilgamesh is devastated by his best friends death. He goes in search of immortality.
- ssssss Idiot!
- The plant is GONE!
- After searching for many years, Gilgamesh has finally found the boatman to take him to Utanapishtim, who is the only man known to have gained immortality.
- Gilgamesh has met with Utanapishtim and his wife. After much time, he agrees to give Gilgamesh the magic plant of immortality, but Gilgamesh is too afraid to eat it, so he decides to take it back home with him.
- After a hot day, Gilgamesh decides to cool off in the pond. While doing so, a snake smells the beautiful plant and steals it. The snake gains immortality and sheds it's skin while swimming away. Gilgamesh weeps, for all is lost.
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