Can you tell me a story about Gilgamesh?

Question

Gilgamesh was a ancient Sumerian King. He was said to be 2/3 god and 1/3 human. There are many stories about him. I can't find a good one. Can you research him and tell me a story about him? I perfer it to be a bit short. And please tell me where you got the info from. It may seem like ALOT to ask from.........but.............I REALLY NEED TO FIND A STORY ABOUT HIM!!

Answer 1

It's a hugely long story, one of the oldest on record.

Check Wikipedia, they've got a synopsis.

Answer 2

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is said to have ordered the creation of the legendary walls of Uruk. An alternative version has Gilgamesh, towards the end of the story, boasting to Urshanabi, the ferryman, that the city's walls were built by the Seven Sages. In historical times, Sargon of Akkad claimed to have destroyed these walls to prove his military power.

Fragments of an epic text found in Me-Turan (modern Tell Haddad) relate that Gilgamesh was buried under the waters of a river at the end of his life. The people of Uruk diverted the flow of the Euphrates River crossing Uruk for the purpose of burying the dead king within the riverbed. In April 2003, a German expedition discovered what is thought to be the entire city of Uruk - including, where the Euphrates once flowed, the last resting place of its King Gilgamesh.

Despite the lack of direct evidence, most scholars do not object to consideration of Gilgamesh as a historical figure, particularly after inscriptions were found confirming the historical existence of other figures associated with him: kings Enmebaragesi and Aga of Kish. If Gilgamesh were a historical king, he probably reigned in about the 26th century BCE. Some of the earliest Sumerian texts spell his name as Bilgames. Initial difficulties in reading cuneiform resulted in Gilgamesh making his re-entrance into world culture in 1891 as "Izdubar".[1]

In most texts, Gilgamesh is written with the determinative for divine beings (DINGIR) - but there is no evidence for a contemporary cult, and the Sumerian Gilgamesh myths suggest the deification was a later development (unlike the case of the Akkadian god kings). With this deification, however, would have come an accretion of stories about him, some potentially derived from the real lives of other historical figures, in particular Gudea, the Second Dynasty ruler of Lagash (2144–2124 BCE).[2]

Historical or not, Gilgamesh became a legendary protagonist in the Epic of Gilgamesh The name Gilgamesh appears once in Greek, as "Gilgamos". The story is a variant of the Perseus myth: The King of Babylon determines by oracle that his grandson Gilgamos will kill him, and throws him out of a high tower. An eagle breaks his fall, and the infant is found and raised by a gardener. ".[3]


In popular culture
In the Outer Limits episode "Demon with a Glass Hand", written by Harlan Ellison, the Control Voice associates the main character in the episode to Gilgamesh.
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok", Captain Picard uses the phrase "Gilgamesh and Enkidu at Uruk" to show his dying companion, Captain Dathon, that he understands the Tamarian metaphoric language. Picard also gives a condensed retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh is known as "The Forgotten One" in Marvel Comics and is a member of The Avengers.
Gilgamesh is one of the many servants summoned in the visual novel and anime Fate/stay night and serves as a major antagonist in the story.
Gilgamesh appears in both popular computer games, Civilization III: Conquests, and Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword as the leader of the Sumerian civilization.
Gilgamesh is also a recurring character in the Final Fantasy series.
Gilgamesh is referenced in the They Might Be Giants song "The Mesopotamians". the song also alludes to the Mesopotamian kings Sargon, Hammurabi, and Ashurbanipal. Gilgamesh fears death.
In the upcoming video game "Devil May Cry 4" Gilgamesh is the name of one of Dante's weapons.