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  2. Gilgamesh - Wikipedia

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    Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /, [7] / ɡ ɪ l ˈ ɡ ɑː m ɛ ʃ /; [8] Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames) [9] [a] was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC.

  3. Ziz - Wikipedia

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    There is only passing mention of the Ziz in the Bible, found in Psalms 50:11 "I know all the birds of the mountains and Zīz śāday [וְזִיז שָׂדַי] is mine" and Psalms 80:13 "The boar from the forest ravages it, and zīz śāday feeds on it", and these are often lost in translation from the Hebrew, [1] being referred to in most ...

  4. Animals in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The shepherd usually leads the flock, calling the sheep by their names from time to time; in his footsteps follows an old he-goat, whose stately bearing affords to the natives matter for several comparisons; the Arabs, indeed to this day, call a man of stately mien a "he-goat". The shepherd at sunset waters his flock, folds them ordinarily in ...

  5. Tepēyōllōtl - Wikipedia

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    In the calendar, Tepeyollotl rules over both the third day, Calli (house), and the third trecena, 1-Mazatl (deer). [1] Tepeyollotl was depicted as a jaguar, which was a sacred animal to him. The word is derived as a compound of the Nahuatl words tepētl ("mountain"), and yōllōtl ("heart" or "interior"). Tepeyollotl is usually depicted as ...

  6. King asleep in mountain - Wikipedia

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    The king asleep in mountain (D 1960.2 in Stith Thompson's motif index system) [1] is a prominent folklore trope found in many folktales and legends. Thompson termed it as the Kyffhäuser type. [ 2 ] Some other designations are king in the mountain , king under the mountain , sleeping hero , or Bergentrückung ("mountain rapture").

  7. Representation of animals in Western medieval art - Wikipedia

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    The art of the Middle Ages was mainly religious, reflecting the relationship between God and man, created in His image. The animal often appears confronted or dominated by man, but a second current of thought stemming from Saint Paul and Aristotle, which developed from the 12th century onwards, includes animals and humans in the same community of living creatures.

  8. Sisyphus - Wikipedia

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    Sisyphus was the founder and first king of Ephyra (supposedly the original name of Corinth). [8] According to Pausanias , Sisyphus, as king, founded the Isthmian games in honour of Melicertes , whose dead body was found washed up along the Isthmus of Corinth , having been carried to shore by a dolphin. [ 13 ]

  9. Keyumars - Wikipedia

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    He was the first king to arise among humans, who at that time lived in mountain caves and wore the skins of leopards. Keyumars was also the first human to introduce royal practices and the preparation of food and was also the first practitioner of law and justice. He was so powerful that all humans, tame animals, and wild animals paid homage to ...

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