The Gilgamesh epic

Part 1, The story begins…

These videos show Fran Hazelton and John Levitt telling the Gilgamesh epic in seven parts. The text is taken from Three Kings of Warka.

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Part 2, Humbaba is killed

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Part 3, The Bull of Heaven

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Part 4, Enkidu dies

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Part 5, Gilgamesh journeys alone

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Part 6, The Flood Story

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Part 7, Gilgamesh returns to Uruk