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Mythology
- Mythology Of
Mesopotamian
- Think & Quest
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| Mythology
Of Mesopotamian |
The myths of Mesopotamia are wonderful, they tell
of kings, gods,goddesses . One of the most
popular ones: Gilgamesh. Please look in your
library and find the tale Gilgamesh because it's
such a long and fascinating myth about a king
whom the called Gilgamesh. Since Gilgamesh is
such a long myth, and would be very hard to
follow on one page! We will tell you about Etana
(one of my other favorite myths) instead.
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ETANA Etana had
been declared king, But sadly had no heir! After
time he offers many prayers and sacrifices to the
sun god, Shamash, who one day tells Etana to go
over the mountain and find an eagle imprisoned in
a pit. The eagle had made an oath of friendship
with the serpent who lived at the base of the
tree where the eagle had made his nest. One day
the eagle was so very hungry and could not find
any food. When he was flying high in search of
food he came across the serpent's young. Not
realizing that they were the serpent's, the eagle
swooped down and devoured the young.
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The serpent appealed to Shamash for justice, when
Shamash heard this he taught the serpent how to
catch the eagle and imprison him in a pit. And
the serpent did so. After a long hard journey
over the mountain to reach the pit Etana heard
some weeping. It was coming from the pit! When
Etana asked why the eagle was crying the eagle
explained the real story. He told him about how
very hungry he was, and how he didn't know that
they were the serpents young. When Etana heard
this instead of killing the eagle, he saved him!
The eagle was so happy, that he flew Etana up to
the heavens! There Ishtar bestows upon Etana the
plant of birth.
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| Think & Quest |
- What can we find
from Mythology??
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