Gilgamesh Retold
eBook - ePub

Gilgamesh Retold

  1. 136 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Gilgamesh Retold

About this book

Jenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgamesh's city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were allowed to brew beer and keep taverns and women had their own language – emesal. With this shift of emphasis, Lewis captures the powerful allure of the world's oldest poem and gives it a fresh dynamic while creating a fastpaced narrative for a new generation of readers.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. List of Characters
  8. Babylonian Words
  9. Map of Gilgamesh’s Mesopotamia
  10. Prologue
  11. 1: The Coming of Enkidu
  12. 2: ‘He Saw You in Dreams…’
  13. 3: Enkidu’s Decision
  14. 4: Enkidu and Gilgamesh
  15. 5: The Goddess Ninsun Prays to the Sun God, Shamash
  16. 6: Journey to the Cedar Forest
  17. 7: The Battle with Humbaba
  18. 8: Inanna and Gilgamesh
  19. 9: The Death of Enkidu
  20. 10: Enkidu’s Funeral
  21. 11: Gilgamesh in the Wilderness
  22. 12: Gilgamesh at the Edge of the World
  23. 13: Uta-Napishtim the Flood Survivor
  24. 14: The Plant of Youth
  25. 15: Homecoming
  26. Epilogue
  27. Afterword
  28. Acknowledgements
  29. About the Author
  30. Copyright