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Shamhat (Akkadian: π©ππΊ, romanized: ŠamαΈ«at; also called Shamkat in the old Babylonian version of Gilgamesh" [1]) is a female character who appears in Tablets I and II of the Epic of Gilgamesh and is mentioned in Tablet VII.
Gilgamesh encounters a pair of them, one male and one female, [153] during his journey in search of Utnapishtim on the mountain of sunrise, Mashu. [154] After hearing him recollect his deeds, they tell him nobody, presumably with the exception of Shamash, has ever journeyed through the path they guard, and then bless him. [ 155 ]
Ninsun (also called Ninsumun, cuneiform: ππ©ππ’ d NIN.SUMUN 2; Sumerian: Nin-sumun(ak) "lady of the wild cows" [3]) was a Mesopotamian goddess.She is best known as the mother of the hero Gilgamesh and wife of deified legendary king Lugalbanda, and appears in this role in most versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh (/ Λ Ι‘ Ιͺ l Ι‘ Ι m Ι Κ /, [7] / Ι‘ Ιͺ l Λ Ι‘ ΙΛ m Ι Κ /; [8] Akkadian: ππππ¦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: ππππ΅π, 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.
Inanna [a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power.Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar [b] (and occasionally the logogram ππ―).
Siduri, or more accurately Šiduri (pronounced Shiduri), is a character in the Epic of Gilgamesh.She is described as an alewife.The oldest preserved version of the composition to contain the episode involving her leaves her nameless, and in the later standard edition compiled by Sîn-lΔqi-unninni her name only appears in a single line.
This explicit shushing is a common thread throughout the Grimms' take on folklore; spells of silence are cast on women more than they are on men, and the characters most valued by male suitors are those who speak infrequently, or don't speak at all. On the other hand, the women in the tales who do speak up are framed as wicked.
Enkidu (Sumerian: ππ π EN.KI.DU 10) [6] was a legendary figure in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, wartime comrade and friend of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk.Their exploits were composed in Sumerian poems and in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, written during the 2nd millennium BC.