Gilgamesh
Background
- Cuneiform
- First form of written language
- Wedge shaped sticks pressed into clay tablets
- Dates and biblical context
- The birth of civilization
- From animal to man
- From herd to tribes
- From countryside to city
Becoming Human
- A. God-King - Gilgamesh
- Half man, half god
- The tyrant
- Use of the Beast Archetype
- Search for immortality
- Animal-Man - Enkidu
- Half man, half animal
- The civilizing of Enkidu
- The death
- Their transformation - to humanity
Archetypes
- Male vs. Female patterns
- Creation Story
- Fear of death
- Being human means dying
- Utnapishtim and the "sleep test"
- Plant of immortality
The Ending
- Lessons learned
- The meaning of life