Reading for Culture and Society in the West I....

[moonsheen]

"You will love him as a woman and he will never forsake you"

...This is me not thinking of Gilgamesh/Enkidu slash. This is me really not thinking of Gilgamesh/Enkidu slash. This is me failing miserably.

Oddly enough, my favorite bit in this has to be Ishtar and Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh, there are tactful ways to dump a goddess, listing every one of her atrocities against former lovers is not one of them. Ishtar's resulting hissy fit is rather fun, though

...And then Enkidu dies. Damnit, I liked him. Much more interesting than our Brave Hero. I like the whole 'tamed animal' origins. The Harlot, incidently, is my favorite female in the text.

Comments

[fancylala.livejournal.com]

I remember reading that book! We were given an assignment to make a boardgame with it. Our's totally rocked. I still have it, even.

But yeah, really strong attempt to ignore the Gilgamesh/Enkidu vibes coming out of that thing.

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

...And it just gets harder and harder as it goes on. Oh, Enkidu! What shall I do without you? Go on a broken quest for immortality, of course!

[aerie.livejournal.com]

hahaha, I went over the Gilgamesh epic in three classes these past few weeks, and I thought the exact same thing. It didn't help that my theology professor kept saying 'Don't you see? They fell in love.'

ps. our boardgame was totally better than fancylala's boardgame! Well. I haven't actually seen her boardgame, but as ours involved a small plastic Sacred Goat, clearly it was favoured by the gods.

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

The preface to our version went on and on about how Enkidu and Gilgamesh were made for eachother. All I could think was oh, how romantic! And snicker over the idea of the gods sending their beloved child his very own boytoy to calm him down.

[saturnoolaa.livejournal.com]

I read the children's book. There were slash vibes in the *children's book*. I think that makes a statement.

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

...Well, with all that manly handholding they do. It sets a very good example.