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Adapa Enkidu Geshtinanna Gilgamesh	Shamhat Siduri Tammuz Utnapishtim
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All reputable sources have interpreted 'Shamhat' as a temple prostitute , priestess of the Goddess Ishtar in the Epic of Gilgamesh responsible for the civilizing of Enkidu by initiating him into the sexual rites of the goddess. Semitic gods refers to the gods or deities of peoples generally classified as speaking a Semitic language. ... Image File history File links Palmsymbol. ... This article is in need of attention. ... In the Western Semitic pantheon, the Elohim are the sons of El assembled on the divine holy place, Mt. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Yezidi or Yazidi (Kurdish; Êzidî) are adherents of a small Middle Eastern religion with ancient origins. ... Sumerian list of gods in cuneiform script, ca. ... Enlil was the name of a chief deity in Babylonian religion, perhaps pronounced and sometimes rendered in translations as Ellil in later Akkadian. ... In Sumerian mythology, the Annuna, the fifty great gods, whose domain appears to be principally but not exclusively the underworld. ... Babylonian mythology is a set of stories depicting the activities of Babylonian deities, heroes, and mythological creatures. ... In Babylonian mythology the asakku were a type of demon or evil spirit. ... The Deluge tablet of the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian The Epic of Gilgamesh is a literary work from Babylonia, dating from long after the time that king Gilgamesh was supposed to have ruled. ... Adapa was an Ancient Sumerian king. ... Enkidu and Gilgamesh, cylinder seal from Ur III Enkidu appears in Sumerian mythology as a mythical wild-man raised by animals; his beast-like ways are finally tamed by a courtesan named Shamhat. ... In sumerian mythology : She is the daughter of Enki and Ninhursag. ... According to the Sumerian king list, Gilgamesh was the fifth king of Uruk (Early Dynastic II, first dynasty of Uruk), the son of Lugalbanda. ... Siduri is a character in the Epic of Gilgamesh. ... Tammuz or Tamuz Arabic تمّوز TammÅ«z; Hebrew תַּמּוּז, Standard Hebrew Tammuz, Tiberian Hebrew Tammûz; Akkadian Duʾzu, DÅ«zu; Sumerian Dumuzi was the name of a Babylonian deity. ... In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim (also known as the Sumerian character Ziusudra) is the wise king of the Sumerian city state of Shuruppak who, along with his wife, whose name was not mentioned in the story, survived a great flood sent by Enlil to drown every living thing on... Ishtar is the Akkadian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the cognate northwest Semitic goddess Astarte. ... The Deluge tablet of the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian The Epic of Gilgamesh is a literary work from Babylonia, dating from long after the time that king Gilgamesh was supposed to have ruled. ... Enkidu and Gilgamesh, cylinder seal from Ur III Enkidu appears in Sumerian mythology as a mythical wild-man raised by animals; his beast-like ways are finally tamed by a courtesan named Shamhat. ...

In some translations, and possibly some ancient written versions of the epic, she is referred to as a harlot, carrying a very different connotation than that of a priestess, perhaps suggesting that Enkidu's initiation is not wholly beneficial to him. Her name is closely related to Shamash, the Sumerian/Babylonian sun god, whose name means "sun" or "one that lights" in Semitic languages. Perhaps this is because, the same way as the sun gives man life, the priestess gives Enkidu life as a human, a hero recognized, defining a life worth living in the ancient culture. However, translation errors do occur; words that appear on the surface to be alike (such as "hat" and "hate") are not remotely alike. 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ...