Gilgamesh

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Sumerian ruler demigod legendary king literary character mythological hero

Gilgamesh is a legendary Sumerian king of Uruk famed as the heroic protagonist of the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest known works of literature.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gilgamesh canonical 26
Gilgamesh about the inevitability of death 1
Gilgamesh and Enkidu 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sumerian ruler ⓘ
demigod ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
mythological hero ⓘ
appearsIn Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
surface form: Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh

Sumerian Gilgamesh poems ⓘ
associatedCity Uruk ⓘ
associatedRegion Sumer ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
associatedWith Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Inanna ⓘ
surface form: Ishtar

Shamash ⓘ
closeCompanion Enkidu ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
surface form: Sumerian
descent one‑third human ⓘ
two‑thirds divine ⓘ
divineParent Ninsun ⓘ
earliestAttestationCenturyBCE 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
genreOfMainWork epic poetry ⓘ
historicity possibly based on a historical king of Uruk ⓘ
influenced later Near Eastern literature ⓘ
modern retellings of ancient myths ⓘ
knownFor friendship with Enkidu ⓘ
heroic exploits ⓘ
killing the Bull of Heaven ⓘ
quest for immortality ⓘ
slaying Humbaba ⓘ
languageOfSources Akkadian ⓘ
Sumerian language ⓘ
surface form: Sumerian
literaryPeriod ancient Mesopotamian literature ⓘ
mediumOfPrimarySources cuneiform tablets ⓘ
mortalParent Lugalbanda ⓘ
opponent Bull of Heaven ⓘ
Humbaba ⓘ
quest search for Utnapishtim ⓘ
search for the secret of eternal life ⓘ
reignLocation Uruk ⓘ
rejectedAdvancesOf Inanna ⓘ
surface form: goddess Ishtar
roleInWork protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
themeInStory friendship ⓘ
human–divine relationship ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
timePeriodTraditionallyPlaced Early Dynastic period ⓘ
surface form: Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia
title Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta ⓘ
surface form: King of Uruk

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sumer → hasFamousRuler → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Uruk → associatedWith → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Uruk → hasLegendaryKing → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Epic of Gilgamesh → mainCharacter → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Utnapishtim → meets → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Utnapishtim → teaches → Gilgamesh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilgamesh about the inevitability of death
Inanna and the Huluppu Tree → featuresCharacter → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Early Dynastic period → hasNotableRuler → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Sumerian King List → includesKing → Gilgamesh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilgamesh of Uruk
Uruk archaeological site → associatedWith → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works → featuresCharacter → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia → featuresCharacter → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Enkidu → meets → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Enkidu → fightsWith → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Shamhat → sentBy → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Siduri → advises → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Siduri → associatedCharacter → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Humbaba → enemyOf → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Humbaba → killedBy → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Humbaba → opponentInBattle → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Humbaba → defeatedBy → Gilgamesh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Ninsun → motherOf → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Ninsun → parentOf → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Urshanabi → associatedWith → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Urshanabi → transports → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Cedar Forest → visitedBy → Gilgamesh ⓘ
defeat of Humbaba → hasParticipant → Gilgamesh ⓘ
Eternals → mainCharacter → Gilgamesh ⓘ
subject surface form: Eternals (film)
Book of Giants → containsCharacter → Gilgamesh ⓘ