길가메시(Gilgamesh)

Gilgamesh, 8th Century BC, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, 루브르   (출처- http://mythology.wikia.com/wiki/Gilgamesh)

 

길가메시(Gilgamesh)는 고대 메소포타미아 수메르 왕조 초기 시대인 우르 제1왕조의 전설적인 왕(재위 기원전 2600년경?)으로 수많은 신화나 서사시에 등장하는 영웅이다. 이 왕이 실제로 존재했던 인물이었을 가능성이 있다. 그의 무훈담을 기록한 길가메시 서사시는 기원전 2000년대에 점토판에 적혀 있다. 오늘날에도 고대 메소포타미아의 영웅 가운데 가장 잘 알려진 이름으로, 수많은 픽션 작품에서 그의 이름을 차용하고 있다. 길가메시 서사시는 영웅 길가메시의 행동을 도입하므로써 시작된다. 그는 위대한 지식과 지혜를 지녔던 사람이었으며, 홍수 이전에 그 시대들의 정보를 보존하려 했다. 길가메시는 그가 했었던 모든 일들을 석판에 썼는데, 에안나를 위해 우륵의 도시 벽과 사원을 쌓는 것을 포함시킨 것이었다. 하지만, 그는 압제적인 지도자였고, 그의 부하들이 신들에게 길가메시와 싸움을 일으켜서, 천벌을 내려줄 것을 원성하기도 했다. 단, 한 번의 싸움 끝에, 천벌은 엔키두로 하여금 길가메시와 절친한 친구가 되게 하였고, 그 둘은 많은 위험한 모험을 수행함으로 명성을 얻게 되었지만, 엔키두는 결국 그 모험 속에서 죽게된다. 길가메시는 그리고 나서, 죽음을 두려워하는 만큼 불멸의 생명을 찾아나서게 된다. 이 탐험 속에서 그는 우트나피쉬팀을 만나게 된다. 우트나피쉬팀은 인류를 멸족시키는 대폭우를 맞아 싸우는 배를 만든 후에 불멸이 되어버린다. 그는 모든 그의 친족들과 생명체를 배 위로 데려오고, 새를 내보내 육지를 발견하게 하며, 홍수 후에 산 위에 배가 정박하게 된다. 엔키두의 사후세계를 향한 방문의 이야기가 속계된다. 길가메시의 서사시는 12개의 큰 석판으로 구성되어 있는데, 원조판의 발견이래, 다른 초기의 언어들로 번역될 수 있기도 한 다른 판들도 발견되어 왔다. 진본 판은 기원 650년 까지 추급되는데, 분명히 원판은 아니며, 그 까닭은 홍수신화의 조각들이 기원 2000년 된 석판들로부터도 발견되기 때문이다. 언어학 전문가들이 믿는 바는 신화가 기원 2000년 이전에 쓰여졌으며, 훨씬 그것보다 오래전의 것으로부터 편집되었다고 생각한다. 수메르인의 설형문자 쓰임은 기원 3,300년 보다 훨씬 이전으로 추급된다.

 

Origin of Flood Myths       (출처- http://www.crystalinks.com/floodstories.html)

 

Sumerian Gods AnnunakiLizard,  British Museum     (출처- http://www.crystalinks.com/floodstories.html)

 

Sumerian Gods AnnunakiLizard,  British Museum     (출처- http://www.crystalinks.com/floodstories.html)

 

Sumerian Gods AnnunakiLizard,  British Museum     (출처- http://www.crystalinks.com/floodstories.html)

 

길가메시(사자를 들어올림)

 

Gilgamesh (right) and Enkidu (left) battle the Bull of Heaven, as depicted on an ancient cylinder seal from Ur III

(출처- http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Gilgamesh,_Epic_of)

 

Gilgamesh  and Enkidu battle the Bull of Heaven   (출처- http://www.mrdowling.com/603-gilgamesh.html)

 

Gilgamesh  and Enkidu battle the Bull of Heaven   (출처-http://www.crystalinks.com/gilgamesh.html )

 

Shamash (the Sun) between Mashu's Twin Peaks Akkad, 3rd millennium BC (British Museum).

 (출처-http://www.crystalinks.com/gilgamesh.html )

 

Fragment of Gilgamesh Tablet 11 (British Museum)     (출처-http://www.crystalinks.com/gilgamesh.html )

 

Flood tablet in Akkadian         (출처-http://www.crystalinks.com/gilgamesh.html )

 

The Deluge tablet of the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian   (출처- http://www.mrdowling.com/603-gilgamesh.html)

 

The Epic of Gilgamesh    (글 출처- http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/tab1.htm)

 

He who has seen everything, I will make known (?) to the lands.I will teach (?) about him who experienced all things,... alike,Anu granted him the totality of knowledge of all.He saw the Secret, discovered the Hidden,he brought information of (the time) before the Flood.He went on a distant journey, pushing himself to exhaustion,but then was brought to peace.He carved on a stone stela all of his toils,and built the wall of Uruk-Haven,the wall of the sacred Eanna Temple, the holy sanctuary.Look at its wall which gleams like copper(?),inspect its inner wall, the likes of which no one can equal!Take hold of the threshold stone--it dates from ancient times!Go close to the Eanna Temple, the residence of Ishtar,such as no later king or man ever equaled!Go up on the wall of Uruk and walk around,examine its foundation, inspect its brickwork thoroughly.Is not (even the core of) the brick structure made of kiln-fired brick,and did not the Seven Sages themselves lay out its plans?One league city, one league palm gardens, one league lowlands, the open area(?) of the Ishtar Temple,three leagues and the open area(?) of Uruk it (the wall) encloses.Find the copper tablet box,open the ... of its lock of bronze,undo the fastening of its secret opening. Take and read out from the lapis lazuli tablethow Gilgamesh went through every hardship. Supreme over other kings, lordly in appearance,he is the hero, born of Uruk, the goring wild bull. He walks out in front, the leader,and walks at the rear, trusted by his companions.Mighty net, protector of his people,raging flood-wave who destroys even walls of stone!Offspring of Lugalbanda, Gilgamesh is strong to perfection,son of the august cow, Rimat-Ninsun;... Gilgamesh is awesome to perfection.It was he who opened the mountain passes, who dug wells on the flank of the mountain. It was he who crossed the ocean, the vast seas, to the rising sun, who explored the world regions, seeking life.It was he who reached by his own sheer strength Utanapishtim, the Faraway, who restored the sanctuaries (or: cities) that the Flood had destroyed! ... for teeming mankind. Who can compare with him in kingliness? Who can say like Gilgamesh: "I am King!"? Whose name, from the day of his birth, was called "Gilgamesh"? Two-thirds of him is god, one-third of him is human. The Great Goddess [Aruru] designed(?) the model for his body, she prepared his form ... ... beautiful, handsomest of men, ... perfect... He walks around in the enclosure of Uruk,Like a wild bull he makes himself mighty, head raised (over others). There is no rival who can raise his weapon against him.His fellows stand (at the alert), attentive to his (orders ?),and the men of Uruk become anxious in ...Gilgamesh does not leave a son to his father,day and night he arrogant[y(?) ...[The following lines are interpreted as rhetorical, perhaps spoken by the oppressed citizens of Uruk.]Is Gilgamesh the shepherd of Uruk-Haven,is he the shepherd. ...bold, eminent, knowing, and wise!Gilgamesh does not leave a girl to her mother(?)The daughter of the warrior, the bride of the young man,the gods kept hearing their complaints, sothe gods of the heavens implored the Lord of Uruk [Anu]"You have indeed brought into being a mighty wild bull, head raised!"There is no rival who can raise a weapon against him."His fellows stand (at the alert), attentive to his (orders !),"Gilgamesh does not leave a son to his father,"day and night he arrogantly ..."Is he the shepherd of Uruk-Haven,"is he their shepherd..."bold, eminent, knowing, and wise,"Gilgamesh does not leave a girl to her mother(?)!"The daughter of the warrior, the bride of the young man,Anu listened to their complaints,and (the gods) called out to Aruru:"it was you, Aruru, who created mankind(?),now create a zikru to it/him.Let him be equal to his (Gilgamesh's) stormy heart,let them be a match for each other so that Uruk may find peace!"When Aruru heard this she created within herself the zikrtt of Anu.Aruru washed her hands, she pinched off some clay, and threw it into the wilderness.In the wildness(?) she created valiant Enkidu,born of Silence, endowed with strength by Ninurta.His whole body was shaggy with hair,he had a full head of hair like a woman,his locks billowed in profusion like Ashnan.He knew neither people nor settled living,but wore a garment like Sumukan."He ate grasses with the gazelles,and jostled at the watering hole with the animals;as with animals, his thirst was slaked with (mere) water.A notorious trapper came face-to-face with him opposite the watering hole.A first, a second, and a third dayhe came face-to-face with him opposite the watering hole.On seeing him the trapper's face went stark with fear,and he (Enkidu?) and his animals drew back home.He was rigid with fear; though stock-stillhis heart pounded and his face drained of color.He was miserable to the core,and his face looked like one who had made a long journey.The trapper addressed his father saying:""Father, a certain fellow has come from the mountains.He is the mightiest in the land,his strength is as mighty as the meteorite(?) of Anu!He continually goes over the mountains,he continually jostles at the watering place with the animals,he continually plants his feet opposite the watering place.I was afraid, so I did not go up to him.He filled in the pits that I had dug,wrenched out my traps that I had spread,released from my grasp the wild animals.He does not let me make my rounds in the wilderness!"The trapper's father spoke to him saying:"My son, there lives in Uruk a certain Gilgamesh.There is no one stronger than he,he is as strong as the meteorite(?) of Anu.Go, set off to Uruk,tell Gilgamesh of this Man of Might.He will give you the harlot Shamhat, take her with you.The woman will overcome the fellow (?) as if she were strong.When the animals are drinking at the watering placehave her take off her robe and expose her sex.When he sees her he will draw near to her,and his animals, who grew up in his wilderness, will be alien to him."He heeded his father's advice.The trapper went off to Uruk,he made the journey, stood inside of Uruk,and declared to ... Gilgamesh:"There is a certain fellow who has come from the mountains--he is the mightiest in the land,his strength is as mighty as the meteorite(?) of Anu!He continually goes over the mountains,he continually jostles at the watering place with the animals,he continually plants his feet opposite the watering place.I was afraid, so I did not go up to him.He filled in the pits that I had dug,wrenched out my traps that I had spread,released from my grasp the wild animals.He does not let me make my rounds in the wilderness!"Gilgamesh said to the trapper:"Go, trapper, bring the harlot, Shamhat, with you.When the animals are drinking at the watering placehave her take off her robe and expose her sex.When he sees her he will draw near to her,and his animals, who grew up in his wilderness, will be alien to him."The trapper went, bringing the harlot, Shamhat, with him.They set off on the journey, making direct way.On the third day they arrived at the appointed place,and the trapper and the harlot sat down at their posts(?).A first day and a second they sat opposite the watering hole.The animals arrived and drank at the watering hole,the wild beasts arrived and slaked their thirst with water.Then he, Enkidu, offspring of the mountains,who eats grasses with the gazelles,came to drink at the watering hole with the animals,with the wild beasts he slaked his thirst with water.Then Shamhat saw him--a primitive,a savage fellow from the depths of the wilderness!"That is he, Shamhat! Release your clenched arms,expose your sex so he can take in your voluptuousness.Do not be restrained--take his energy!When he sees you he will draw near to you.Spread out your robe so he can lie upon you,and perform for this primitive the task of womankind!His animals, who grew up in his wilderness, will become alien to him,and his lust will groan over you."Shamhat unclutched her bosom, exposed her sex, and he took in her voluptuousness.She was not restrained, but took his energy.She spread out her robe and he lay upon her,she performed for the primitive the task of womankind.His lust groaned over her;for six days and seven nights Enkidu stayed aroused,and had intercourse with the harlotuntil he was sated with her charms.But when he turned his attention to his animals,the gazelles saw Enkidu and darted off,the wild animals distanced themselves from his body.Enkidu ... his utterly depleted(?) body,his knees that wanted to go off with his animals went rigid;Enkidu was diminished, his running was not as before.But then he drew himself up, for his understanding had broadened.Turning around, he sat down at the harlot's feet,gazing into her face, his ears attentive as the harlot spoke.The harlot said to Enkidu:"You are beautiful," Enkidu, you are become like a god.Why do you gallop around the wilderness with the wild beasts?Come, let me bring you into Uruk-Haven,to the Holy Temple, the residence of Anu and Ishtar,the place of Gilgamesh, who is wise to perfection,but who struts his power over the people like a wild bull."What she kept saying found favor with him.Becoming aware of himself, he sought a friend.Enkidu spoke to the harlot:"Come, Shamhat, take me away with youto the sacred Holy Temple, the residence of Anu and Ishtar,the place of Gilgamesh, who is wise to perfection,but who struts his power over the people like a wild bull.I will challenge him ...Let me shout out in Uruk: I am the mighty one!'Lead me in and I will change the order of things;he whose strength is mightiest is the one born in the wilderness!"[Shamhat to Enkidu:]"Come, let us go, so he may see your face.I will lead you to Gilgamesh--I know where he will be.Look about, Enkidu, inside Uruk-Haven,where the people show off in skirted finery,where every day is a day for some festival,where the lyre(?) and drum play continually,where harlots stand about prettily,exuding voluptuousness, full of laughterand on the couch of night the sheets are spread (!)."Enkidu, you who do not know, how to live,I will show you Gilgamesh, a man of extreme feelings (!).Look at him, gaze at his face--he is a handsome youth, with freshness(!),his entire body exudes voluptuousnessHe has mightier strength than you,without sleeping day or night!Enkidu, it is your wrong thoughts you must change!It is Gilgamesh whom Shamhat loves,and Anu, Enlil, and La have enlarged his mind."Even before you came from the mountainGilgamesh in Uruk had dreams about you.""Gilgamesh got up and revealed the dream, saying to his mother:"Mother, I had a dream last night.Stars of the sky appeared,and some kind of meteorite(?) of Anu fell next to me.I tried to lift it but it was too mighty for me,I tried to turn it over but I could not budge it.The Land of Uruk was standing around it,the whole land had assembled about it,the populace was thronging around it,the Men clustered about it,and kissed its feet as if it were a little baby (!).I loved it and embraced it as a wife.I laid it down at your feet,and you made it compete with me."The mother of Gilgamesh, the wise, all-knowing, said to her Lord;Rimat-Ninsun, the wise, all-knowing, said to Gilgamesh:"As for the stars of the sky that appearedand the meteorite(?) of Anu which fell next to you,you tried to lift but it was too mighty for you,you tried to turn it over but were unable to budge it,you laid it down at my feet,and I made it compete with you,and you loved and embraced it as a wife.""There will come to you a mighty man, a comrade who saves his friend--he is the mightiest in the land, he is strongest,his strength is mighty as the meteorite(!) of Anu!You loved him and embraced him as a wife;and it is he who will repeatedly save you.Your dream is good and propitious!"A second time Gilgamesh said to his mother: "Mother, I have had another dream:"At the gate of my marital chamber there lay an axe,"and people had collected about it."The Land of Uruk was standing around it,"the whole land had assembled about it,"the populace was thronging around it."I laid it down at your feet,"I loved it and embraced it as a wife,"and you made it compete with me."The mother of Gilgamesh, the wise, all-knowing, said to her son;Rimat-Ninsun, the wise, all-knowing, said to Gilgamesh:""The axe that you saw (is) a man."... (that) you love him and embrace as a wife,"but (that) I have compete with you.""" There will come to you a mighty man,"" a comrade who saves his friend--"he is the mightiest in the land, he is strongest,"he is as mighty as the meteorite(!) of Anu!"Gilgamesh spoke to his mother saying:""By the command of Enlil, the Great Counselor, so may it to pass!"May I have a friend and adviser, a friend and adviser may I have!"You have interpreted for me the dreams about him!"After the harlot recounted the dreams of Gilgamesh to Enkiduthe two of them made love