No, he did succeeed. he got an herb that grants him immortality. But he realized that it wasn't him who should be remembered forever, but what he had accomplished. he later went back to get the herb again, but never ate it.
actually, he gone home and see his Babylon gate and realizes this what makes him immortal, his works, his duties, his treasures. this became one of the ideals of kings after him. They strive for immortality by carving their names through out history by means of what they have accomplished. The idea that he has pass down to other kings is what makes him immortal. even over 4500 years later.
I'm a Sumerologist and just want to clear a few things up: 1) it's called "Sumer", not "Sumeria" 2) The oldest Gilgamesh story in text form we have is from ca. 2700 BCE; also, the Sumerian Gilgamesh (semiticised from Bilgames) is a different collection of stories than the later Babylonian ones, with a very different emphasis. 3) The 2/3 deity thing can be calculated when considering that his father, Lugalbanda, is also of divine descent (Sun god). 4) It's a cedar forest that Gilgamesh and Enkidu wander into to kill the guardian of the forest. They did that because Gilgamesh wanted the wood, as Mesopotamia is more or less resources-free. 5) The reason Shamash helps is because he is related to Gilgamesh. 6) Siduri is not the goddess of beer and wisdom. That would be Ninkasi. 7) Lovely choice of images, but from a professional perspective it's all a bit of a jumble. 8) You are forgetting the beginning and the end. Gilgamesh in the Standard Babylonian version begins, after the beautiful words "He Who Saw the Deep", with a description of the city of Uruk, particularly its wall and quarters and gardens. At the end, when he returns from Ūta-napištim, he is accompanied by the ferryman. They arrive at Uruk, and Gilgamesh is proud to show the foreigner his city, and the same words are used. It's the focus on what man can achieve if he is okay with being, well, man. This is also echoed in Siduri's words to Gilgamesh, reminding him of the things that are human: falling in love, laughing, raising a child and living on forever through your work and offspring. This is the first of your videos that I am watching, and besides for the few points up there, I really enjoyed it! It's wonderful to know that the love of mythology has not died out yet :) I would be interested in your take on Adapa and the South Wind.
Odin actually recommends against getting drunk in the Havamal, although the fact that he mentions it implies his opinion might have been a marginal one at the time. The Mead of Poetry is of course another matter, it's absolutely nothing like regular alcohol.
@@chara98dreemurr43 Well EA don't really destroy reality. The reality marble of iskandar was destroy because it's maintained thanks to the soldiers, so when EA destroy over half the armie of course it's start collapsing.
@@v40idrifter22 i didnt mean the Marble look at what the wiki says if you ask me ,,Grinding at the laws of space with its power, it creates a rip in space...'' really sounds like reality destroying and if you read more you will find more evidence of its power to warp and destroy space and so reality. ,,It cannot be said that what the blade cuts down is limited simply to "the enemy" as it is not a matter of aiming it, and it is impossible to even discuss as to whether it will hit its target or the practicality of the force behind it. Grinding at the laws of space with its power, it creates a rip in space that extends from not only the earth but also to the sky and atmosphere. It is a crack that distorts space to pierce the very nature of the World itself to show the "Truth." All that uses the cut space as a foundation is swallowed and crushed by the void, and the dazzling light only continues to grow as it continues to complete the destruction. Its use in a fight is not something that can be called a battle, but rather the wrath of nature itself.''
“I shall offer this one strike as the ceremony of separation!" "I speak of the beginning. Heaven and earth are divided and nothingness celebrates Creation. My Sword of Rupture rends the world apart." "The vortex that turns the stars, this heavenly hell signifies the end of the eve of genesis. Subside with death!" "Enuma Elish!”
Didn't mention how Enkidu was created. This is important because he was made to rival Gilgamesh. Didn't mention that Humbaba's name translates to "Hugeness". Didn't mention that Gilgamesh didn't want to kill Humbaba. Didn't mention that Gilgamesh insulted Ishtar and that's why the whole bull scene happened. No mentions of the many dreams in this story that tell the future. Didn't mention that Enkidu told Gilgamesh that immortality was not his destiny. I understand that not everything can be covered in these episodes but all of these things are important to the story and could be mentioned in passing.
super1upmushroom Enkidu convinced Gilgamesh to kill Humbaba. Humbaba was pleading to Gilgamesh to spare him and that Humbaba would make a castle out of the Cedar trees and they would live together. Enkidu later beheads Humbaba
*Urshanabi:* "Wait! That's my boat and my things of stone!" *Gilgamesh:* "Your things...ARE MY THINGS!" *Urshanabi:* "He's the biggest bully in human history..." Also, I see he was carrying a bow, earlier. Hmm. The Archer Class really is made up of archers.
I read a different moral. Instead of just realizing his limitations, the moral is that his eternal life was found in the legacy he left. Throughout the story, there are references to leaving a mark on a brick wall. This is symbolic of leaving a legacy. So while Gilgamesh may not have found literal eternal life, he found it in his story being passed on.
I see Gilgamesh as obtaining his goal, he is immortal. It is through writing, the invention of mankind where he is to live forever in his tale. He is immortal because we deemed him worthy to remember
menameh before Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh talks about how he wants to live on in fame, and it is a common interpretation that his goal wasn't so much physical immortality as it was to become a legend
..."serial rapist" doesn't quite describe it right. It is what it technically was, but you phrase it as if he just randomly tackled women. It was more he made every woman who got married have sex with him before her husband. Still messed up, but you could have described it better here
NES guy ♥♥♥ACTUALLY, GILGAMESH WANTED TO GIVE EACH FAMILY WITHIN HIS DOMAIN A FIGHTING CHANCE BY HAVING A PHYSICALLY STRONG AND POWERFUL MEMBER BROUGHT BY HIS OWN SEED. ONCE THEY GROW UP, THEY WOULD WORK FOR HIM AND HIS WHOLE DOMAIN AS A SOLDIER OR WARRIOR. THEY WOULD ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PROTECTING THEIR OWN FAMILIES. IT WILL THEN BE NOT EASY TO DEFEAT HIS DOMAIN.♥♥♥THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. BUT I DO BECAUSE I HAVE GOD COMPLEX. I CAN EASILY RELATE WITH THE ANCIENT GODS IN SOME WAYS♥♥♥. ♥♥♥GILGAMESH WAS A TYPICAL NEPHILIM. PLEASE REFER TO THE CHAPTER SIX OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND CHAPTER SIX OF THE BOOK OF ENOCH.♥♥♥
Gilgamesh refused Ishtar due to her former lovers that are now either dead or cursed. It's not because Gilgamesh wasn't ready and the bull was sent to destroy the city of Uruk and not Gilgamesh. Ishtar knows that Gilgamesh is almost invincible, therefore she sent the bull to hurt the people that he ruled..
Gilgamesh is a hero in the traditional sense. IE a Great Warrior who fights monsters and protects the land. Not a hero in that he's a good person, or anything like that.
Caboose 92m Protects the land in the sense that the honor he greedily desires is achieved by killing Humbaba who just so happens to be threatening Uruk
You missed the point that Gilgamesh inscribed his travels upon the stone tablets to share his wisdom with his people. Therefore, he was willing to be vulnerable about his mistakes along the way in order to teach his people. In that way, he is a hero. You are assuming he didn't listen to Shamash nor listen to Siduri, that he didn't learn from his mistake in refusing the union with the goddess, but by writing it down, he is acknowledging their guidance. He became a hero through reflection...as we all do.
"Is Gilgamesh a roll model, no". Yes he is. Roll models don't have to start as perfect people. The whole point of the story is that he becomes a virtuous man.
Is it just me or does Humbaba seem to be a dragon? A lion's head, a birds feet, a snake's tail and scales seem to be describing an eastern version of a dragon to me.
In at least one version of the Gilgamesh story I've heard, Gilgamesh rejected Ishtar's offer to be his lover because he'd heard that she had killed everyone else who had been her lover. So, he was actually being kind of smart in not wanting to date her.
Two morals of the story: If you have a magic plant that grants immortality if you eat it, EAT IT! If a snake eats it first because you stupidly set it on the ground, go back to where you first found it and see if there is any more!
Well he did went back collected it for his treasury but never ate it realizing that death gives meaning to life. Also in death he could probably bone Enkidu again. I wonder would he chose king Arthur even if Enkidu was there hmmm....
Damn this is different from what I know. I thought Gil was a blonde pompous pretty boy. I thought enkidu was an androngynous green haired clay doll. Man was I wrong.
fadel putra Right! Where's the Gate of Babylon? Where is enkidu and gil's enuma elish? Where are the chains of heaven?! Such inaccuracies aren't tolerable
"To unite dreams beneath a banner of conquest. I praise your efforts. But, warriors... did you not understand? That all dreams must disappear when the dreamer wakes. Every last one of them. Therefore, it was inevitable that I would stand in your way. King of Conquerors, know the end of your eternal dream. I, myself, shall show you harsh reality. Now awaken, Ea! A worthy stage has been set for you! Look up and behold... Enuma Elish!" GOD I LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BASTARD
no bro , his ego is his only weakness. according to several characters in the fate series, Gilgamesh is the most powerful servant among them,if he went all out against saber or shiro he can destroy them in the mater of seconds.
Yeah he would have easily won if he just used the noble phantasm that Shiro couldn't even read... I mean did we forget that that man has a fighter jet for some reason...so yeah seems pretty o p to me
i think the fact that he fails makes him the real hero. sometimes in life, no matter how we try things wont really work on our side. but we should put our utmost best even in the face of our greatest challenge. tbh i find Gilgamesh more of a hero than most Heroes in hapilly ever after stories.
any other tragic heroes someone can recommend?! i mean the really obscure ones?! we all know about the Hamlets, Romeos, King Lear, Julio Cesaer, um who is that Nordic tragic again?!
Siegfried? Well, technically I guess he counts as Germanic more than just Norse, depending on who you ask. To me another tragic hero is Don Quixote. Also the movie version of William Wallace, for a modern story in the list.
Literature - “written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.” The pyramid text hold the title of oldest piece of known literature.
@@lautheimpaler4686 Nope, but the word "literature" is subjective. Gilgamesh is written as a story and is the first of its kind. The pyramid texts are funerary texts. They have some myths, but they are not in the same genre as Gilgamesh.
@JayGunner There's a popular game for people who like anime called "Fate: Grand Order", it also has many anime seasons It's a bunch of History and mythology collided to fight each other. Have you ever imagine jack the killer and Gilgamesh fighting? Yeah this is it
I actually like this story and would like some sort of re written version, of it was in anime I think it would be cool , th3 fate series version of him didn’t do him justice
I was here before the Fate Grand Order fans arrived. I also, technically, eventually became one of them. So props to ya'll who have watched this before Fate Grand Order. You guys are the real veterans!
He was especially known for exploiting the King’s right to sex with all subordinate women. “Gilgamesh does not leave a daughter to [her family] nor the maiden to the warrior, nor the wife to her husband.” (It’s good to be the King of Ur, apparently) In desperation, they appealed to the gods to get him off their back and their wives. This, then, is an ancient story about good government, as well as a lesson for humanity on how to live in the world. It suggests that the key to being both a good king and a good man is to have a sense of limits, especially sexual. All political leaders should read it!
Love this guy in CIV 6. He's even your friend forever, without any efforts to be friendly towards him. Or he war-cart rushes you turn 10 and you start over a game without hours going to waste.
No kidding? Here i thought living a few kilometers away from a civil war battlefield was a big deal. You're practically next dor to one of the first cities of humanity.
Gilgamesh loved Enkidu in more ways than you let us know ;) Also you skipped the best part, where he cries for seven days and nights over Enkidu's death, his grief beeing so powerfull, the whole of Uruk is thrown into darkness and it's citizens hearts are overcome with sadness.
And after all of these events, he was supposed to have become a good king that the people could love. (I think that this was part of the actual Epic, but not sure)
I loved watching this episode when first uploaded, so much so I grabbed the Stephen Mitchell version from Audible. I'd highly recommend it for more of the story, and very keen insight to the epic's deeper meaning.
This video was educational AND fun! I enjoyed watching it and did not get bored. You got all the points across quickly and accurately. Very insightful and helpful!
Sousuke Aizen no , Uruk is a Sumerian city in southern Iraq existed 1500 years before Babylon , Babylon was a small city built by the Akkadians and start to become the main role in the area during Hammurabi , They are different cities but the same culture .
@@hassanbassim4007 Is it the same location though? cause from what I've read it is located in the same place east of river euphrates. Maybe my source was wrong.
You guys ever thought about the exchange of myths around the world? Like Greco-buddhism, where, for example, the myth of Hercules strongly influenced the Nio, guardians of Buddha often depicted in front of east-asian temples
Bursykovski ♥♥♥ACTUALLY, GILGAMESH WANTED TO GIVE EACH FAMILY WITHIN HIS DOMAIN A FIGHTING CHANCE BY HAVING A PHYSICALLY STRONG AND POWERFUL MEMBER BROUGHT BY HIS OWN SEED. ONCE THEY GROW UP, THEY WOULD WORK FOR HIM AND HIS WHOLE DOMAIN AS A SOLDIER OR WARRIOR. THEY WOULD ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PROTECTING THEIR OWN FAMILIES. IT WILL THEN BE NOT EASY TO DEFEAT HIS DOMAIN.♥♥♥THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. BUT I DO BECAUSE I HAVE GOD COMPLEX. I CAN EASILY RELATE WITH THE ANCIENT GODS IN SOME WAYS♥♥♥. ♥♥♥GILGAMESH WAS A TYPICAL NEPHILIM. PLEASE REFER TO THE CHAPTER SIX OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND CHAPTER SIX OF THE BOOK OF ENOCH.♥♥♥
It's not really surprising actually. Alexander the Great caused a huge influence on the culture of the Middle East and India during his campaigns, then when he returned home he brought their culture back. Art history shows massive changes in Greek and Indian styles from that point on. Not to say he was the sole cause of exchange, but he certainly made waves compared to the trickle down the silk road at the time.
It would be nice to mention that Gilgamesh rejected Ishtar because A) people who love her often experience disaster...usually at Ishtar's own hand b) Enkidu and Gilgamesh were lovers. which really should be A, but ya know
Thank you so much for this video! This is for college work and definitely a paper later on for the course and this video helped alot. It is similar to one of my favorite mangas like Berserk, Zetman and to my own personal stories I create (animation major) surrounding themes of humanization, the power of human will, heroism, patriarchy, accepting reality, your destine faith, and moving forward in life. This is why I always love CrashCourse! ❤️
gia tue Luong cong Lmao he has the worst ending out of the 3 routes. Imagine being the oldest king and hero in humanity just to be eaten by a teenage girl in a back alley
He rejects Ishtar because she had an habit of not being faithful, and cursing and killing her spouses. Also, beer was one of the greatest technological advancements of Summery, being considered one of the reasons humans started to settle and create civilizations, one of the first reasons for widespread agriculture. It's not hard to see why, in that context, it would be associated with wisdom.
Gilgamesh, went out seeking inmortality and failed. Still we talk about him 4500 years after.
All thanks to Fate Stay Night
@@kingnothing5678
ZASHU! 🤣
Mission failed sucessfully
No, he did succeeed. he got an herb that grants him immortality. But he realized that it wasn't him who should be remembered forever, but what he had accomplished. he later went back to get the herb again, but never ate it.
actually, he gone home and see his Babylon gate and realizes this what makes him immortal, his works, his duties, his treasures. this became one of the ideals of kings after him. They strive for immortality by carving their names through out history by means of what they have accomplished. The idea that he has pass down to other kings is what makes him immortal. even over 4500 years later.
Ishtar: Marry me!
Gilgamesh: B E G O N E T H O T
That woman sure got some guts trying to dating someone who's already have a bae
When did she say this
Enkidu owo
Chlorine is Quirkless people are probably confuse asf
@@jungschiffer8423 Enkidu doesn't have a gender.
So when does he get his golden armor and start throwing swords out of mini portals?
s4s Kun and gets rekt by a modern day faker
still don’t know where that reference is from.....
@@mikhail_tal1866 an anime lol
@@mikhail_tal1866I think its a reference to "Fate Unlimited Blade Works"
@@jackb450 modern day MONGREAL
I'm a Sumerologist and just want to clear a few things up:
1) it's called "Sumer", not "Sumeria"
2) The oldest Gilgamesh story in text form we have is from ca. 2700 BCE; also, the Sumerian Gilgamesh (semiticised from Bilgames) is a different collection of stories than the later Babylonian ones, with a very different emphasis.
3) The 2/3 deity thing can be calculated when considering that his father, Lugalbanda, is also of divine descent (Sun god).
4) It's a cedar forest that Gilgamesh and Enkidu wander into to kill the guardian of the forest. They did that because Gilgamesh wanted the wood, as Mesopotamia is more or less resources-free.
5) The reason Shamash helps is because he is related to Gilgamesh.
6) Siduri is not the goddess of beer and wisdom. That would be Ninkasi.
7) Lovely choice of images, but from a professional perspective it's all a bit of a jumble.
8) You are forgetting the beginning and the end. Gilgamesh in the Standard Babylonian version begins, after the beautiful words "He Who Saw the Deep", with a description of the city of Uruk, particularly its wall and quarters and gardens. At the end, when he returns from Ūta-napištim, he is accompanied by the ferryman. They arrive at Uruk, and Gilgamesh is proud to show the foreigner his city, and the same words are used. It's the focus on what man can achieve if he is okay with being, well, man. This is also echoed in Siduri's words to Gilgamesh, reminding him of the things that are human: falling in love, laughing, raising a child and living on forever through your work and offspring.
This is the first of your videos that I am watching, and besides for the few points up there, I really enjoyed it! It's wonderful to know that the love of mythology has not died out yet :)
I would be interested in your take on Adapa and the South Wind.
Thank you very much for these informations , I am from the Marshes of Iraq and i really want to be Sumerologist like you sir in the near future .
I'm confused, I thought gilgamesh was a real historical king, no?
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cool beans, no.
cool beans Yes he was!
Wow this is pretty epic someone should make an anime with this guy
He’s in the final fantasy video games
Fate/zero.. fate/stay night... Fate series
This made me laugh pretty hard
@@shashankkumar2195 r/wooosh
Oh he’s already anime’d. I think it’s the Fate/stay series’s
The reason Gilgamesh refused Ishtar is that she was well known for killing her lovers or them simply dying when she was done with them.
refreshingly genre-savvy of him, eh?
well, now it makes sense that he refused...so, doesn't that mean that a goddess kills ppl?
@@vutnychea1132 yes here 2 more Goddess with high kill counts Killa and Sekmet, both of them and I quote feat on the blood of men.
MWhaleK
Ha!
sounds like Kim Kardashian
So when ankidobo or whatever hit her with the piece of cow , maybe that’s a metaphor for having sex and he contracted syphilus or something
Fate fans: I can't spam the comments without get closer.
Mythology students: What the hell is Fate!?
You forgot to mention the Gates of Babylon, Ea, Enuma Elish, the golden armor, and his interactions with King Arthur.
Zeranvor You forgot Enkidu turning into a giant counterforce tree
There was also that bit with the guy and the lots of swords.
And Alexander the Great
What about Unlimited Mongrel Works?
Someone loves the fate stay series
*sees Gilgamesh in the titles*
Fate fans: *Allows us to introduce ourselves*
Scrolled down here looking for these. XD
@@pyrosianheir yeah me too, i just watching fate grand order:absolute babylonia xD
@@hotaru9601 NP combo against Tiamat (tell me and Prover by Millet plays at the background)
Final fantasy fans: no allow us
What about the time Gilgamesh tried to have King Arthur marry him?
Wait when?
omg zara In the “ Epic of Gilgamesh “, read it.
Lmao you-all trolling normies
what? i am confused , but i like it.
@@tukidips6820 the fate anime look it up and see how good looking fem Arthur is.
Gilgamesh rejects the Goddess because he has a perfectly good "wrestling buddy" in Enkidu
Still, you do not say no to a goddess. They're pretty powerful.
"Gilgamesh loved Enkidu like a bride… Often the two would embrace and kiss..."
Case closed.
Such rapier wit! Such maturity!
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"beer and wisdom, two things that don't often go together"
Odin would like to have a word with you
And medieval monks. In fact the medieval part might be too specific and could be dropped
Odin actually recommends against getting drunk in the Havamal, although the fact that he mentions it implies his opinion might have been a marginal one at the time. The Mead of Poetry is of course another matter, it's absolutely nothing like regular alcohol.
In wine is truth
Odin drank wine not beer
I get pretty wise when i drink beer...
You forgot to explain his Gate of Babylon and his ultimate weapon, Ea
@Time Lord yeah try saying that wen your shot at with Cosmic winds that destroy realiety
@@chara98dreemurr43 Well EA don't really destroy reality.
The reality marble of iskandar was destroy because it's maintained thanks to the soldiers, so when EA destroy over half the armie of course it's start collapsing.
@@v40idrifter22 i didnt mean the Marble look at what the wiki says if you ask me ,,Grinding at the laws of space with its power, it creates a rip in space...'' really sounds like reality destroying and if you read more you will find more evidence of its power to warp and destroy space and so reality.
,,It cannot be said that what the blade cuts down is limited simply to "the enemy" as it is not a matter of aiming it, and it is impossible to even discuss as to whether it will hit its target or the practicality of the force behind it. Grinding at the laws of space with its power, it creates a rip in space that extends from not only the earth but also to the sky and atmosphere. It is a crack that distorts space to pierce the very nature of the World itself to show the "Truth." All that uses the cut space as a foundation is swallowed and crushed by the void, and the dazzling light only continues to grow as it continues to complete the destruction. Its use in a fight is not something that can be called a battle, but rather the wrath of nature itself.''
@@chara98dreemurr43 that fair.
You forgot to mention that he had a thing with King Arthur
haha yeah sure
@@diamonx.661 yes he did
sure he did, only 2000 plus years separates them...
@@spongebobsquarepants8084 age is just a number, my friend
@@spongebobsquarepants8084 Im talking about his character in the Fate franchise, not in the real lore.
“I shall offer this one strike as the ceremony of separation!"
"I speak of the beginning. Heaven and earth are divided and nothingness celebrates Creation. My Sword of Rupture rends the world apart."
"The vortex that turns the stars, this heavenly hell signifies the end of the eve of genesis. Subside with death!"
"Enuma Elish!”
Avalon!
Fateeee series
Didn't mention how Enkidu was created. This is important because he was made to rival Gilgamesh.
Didn't mention that Humbaba's name translates to "Hugeness".
Didn't mention that Gilgamesh didn't want to kill Humbaba.
Didn't mention that Gilgamesh insulted Ishtar and that's why the whole bull scene happened.
No mentions of the many dreams in this story that tell the future.
Didn't mention that Enkidu told Gilgamesh that immortality was not his destiny.
I understand that not everything can be covered in these episodes but all of these things are important to the story and could be mentioned in passing.
sampson623 Was it not Enkedu who did not want to kill Humbaba
super1upmushroom Enkidu convinced Gilgamesh to kill Humbaba. Humbaba was pleading to Gilgamesh to spare him and that Humbaba would make a castle out of the Cedar trees and they would live together.
Enkidu later beheads Humbaba
Didn't mention that if Ishtar never liked Gilgamesh, Enkidu would have lived! btw I'm not mocking u Sampson. just pointing out.
Did not mention gilgamesh and Enkidu were (possibly?) lovers.....
Didn’t mention that Ishtar was a thot either.
How dare these mongrels pass judgement on the King?
Denis Safiev zasshu
Denis Safiev I've now decided to just keep looking for this same reference in the comments
ah my fellow mongrel of culture
*Urshanabi:* "Wait! That's my boat and my things of stone!"
*Gilgamesh:* "Your things...ARE MY THINGS!"
*Urshanabi:* "He's the biggest bully in human history..."
Also, I see he was carrying a bow, earlier. Hmm. The Archer Class really is made up of archers.
No video is legit without you
Howdy
Do you remember that time when he was eaten by japanese highschool girl ?
Man these kings and thyer strange fetishes one likes to pretent to be a boy and now this.
You mean sakura ? XD
You mean that High school girl who uses her body as home for her pet Worms?......
@@kennethmendoza1350 well it's more like her body is made up of the Holy Grail.
Like Gilgamesh said: "I am the rules."
What about the time when gilgamesh, king Arthur and Alexander the great had a banquet and gil showed them what true booz is all about
This is historically inaccurate where was his interactions with the guys from the future who calls themselves Chaldea
ikr. This is the worst history video ever.
hahahaha fate grand order fans!
They are not in the story cuz they already fix the singularity bro hahahah
"Who gave you permission to gaze upon me, rabid mongrel?"
"You would have me draw my greatest treasure, Ea, here?"
"Saber, you are beautiful when you struggle"
"Damn you, damn you, damn you! How am I being pushed back by a mongrel?!"
"I can't believe I have to go all out.... on a complete FAKER like YOU!"
The Painkiller "I'll give you this. At this moment, you...ARE STRONG!"
Imagine not knowing about the Fate series and reading the comments
I read a different moral. Instead of just realizing his limitations, the moral is that his eternal life was found in the legacy he left. Throughout the story, there are references to leaving a mark on a brick wall. This is symbolic of leaving a legacy. So while Gilgamesh may not have found literal eternal life, he found it in his story being passed on.
I just learned he had issues with Kings of conquerors and had a thing with King Arthur.
I see Gilgamesh as obtaining his goal, he is immortal. It is through writing, the invention of mankind where he is to live forever in his tale. He is immortal because we deemed him worthy to remember
menameh before Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh talks about how he wants to live on in fame, and it is a common interpretation that his goal wasn't so much physical immortality as it was to become a legend
that's deep bro
Wrong, he deemed us worthy of remembering him
Are you guys serious? he was demon filled and tried to overthrow GOD im heaven at the tower of babel
Nailed it. The story even references imprinting a name on a brick wall. This symbolizes leaving a legacy to be passed on.
To answer the half serious question at the end, yes. Gilgamesh is the worlds first bromance.
Shea Kennedy-Ordway And the first "God is dead" story
I knew it! Such a great bromance tho
..."serial rapist" doesn't quite describe it right. It is what it technically was, but you phrase it as if he just randomly tackled women. It was more he made every woman who got married have sex with him before her husband. Still messed up, but you could have described it better here
What you're describing sound a lot like "Droit du seigneur"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_du_seigneur
NumbersGame exactly
NES guy ♥♥♥ACTUALLY, GILGAMESH WANTED TO GIVE EACH FAMILY WITHIN HIS DOMAIN A FIGHTING CHANCE BY HAVING A PHYSICALLY STRONG AND POWERFUL MEMBER BROUGHT BY HIS OWN SEED. ONCE THEY GROW UP, THEY WOULD WORK FOR HIM AND HIS WHOLE DOMAIN AS A SOLDIER OR WARRIOR. THEY WOULD ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PROTECTING THEIR OWN FAMILIES. IT WILL THEN BE NOT EASY TO DEFEAT HIS DOMAIN.♥♥♥THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. BUT I DO BECAUSE I HAVE GOD COMPLEX. I CAN EASILY RELATE WITH THE ANCIENT GODS IN SOME WAYS♥♥♥.
♥♥♥GILGAMESH WAS A TYPICAL NEPHILIM. PLEASE REFER TO THE CHAPTER SIX OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND CHAPTER SIX OF THE BOOK OF ENOCH.♥♥♥
D Adams pop culture has kinda made Nephilim a catch all for “divine half breed”
The right to first night is the lords lol
Gilgamesh refused Ishtar due to her former lovers that are now either dead or cursed. It's not because Gilgamesh wasn't ready and the bull was sent to destroy the city of Uruk and not Gilgamesh.
Ishtar knows that Gilgamesh is almost invincible, therefore she sent the bull to hurt the people that he ruled..
I REJECT MY HUMANITY, ENKIDU
"GILGAMESH WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING"
iS ThAt A jOjO RefeRanCe?
A JoJo and Fate reference?!?! Outstanding move!!!
A Fate-JoJo Reference lol
Wasn't Enkidu created by the gods as an enemy for Gilgamsh to teach him a lesson?
Yes he was, somehow he forgot to mention it. Maybe it was because of the version he's telling or just a mistake.
No, it was to give him a companion.
Gilgamesh and Enkidu at Uruk. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.
Shaka, when the walls fell smh
This made my day seeing this under the video :)
The beast at Tanagra
Mr. Harris that you?
Gilgamesh is a hero in the traditional sense. IE a Great Warrior who fights monsters and protects the land. Not a hero in that he's a good person, or anything like that.
Caboose 92m Protects the land in the sense that the honor he greedily desires is achieved by killing Humbaba who just so happens to be threatening Uruk
Tokiomi, fetch this man a Gold Bar for his attempted analysis.
Right, no problem.
Faker! Thou are not thee true Gil.
Fun fact: Gilgamesh can't resist the cute gothic lolita maid waitress.
Img pls
And so, how would he have fared with the average Waffle House waitress?...lol
@@CLASSICALFAN100 maybe Saber Alter will stop him from cheating
🤣
@@AstronScion Just search carnival phantasm alter saber
Remember that time time Gilgamesh had Enkidu trap Alexander the Great, and then he proceeded to kill him? I genuinely cried...
You missed the point that Gilgamesh inscribed his travels upon the stone tablets to share his wisdom with his people. Therefore, he was willing to be vulnerable about his mistakes along the way in order to teach his people. In that way, he is a hero. You are assuming he didn't listen to Shamash nor listen to Siduri, that he didn't learn from his mistake in refusing the union with the goddess, but by writing it down, he is acknowledging their guidance. He became a hero through reflection...as we all do.
4:20 Is that a BOW?
GILGAMESH CAN USE A BOW!!!!!!
HE CAN USE A BOW!!!!
ARCHER!!!!!!!!
You know the rules man, Archer DON'T use bow in fate
the archer class really is made up of archers
well he had a bow in prototype
Yeah in fate series
ah but u forget that gilgamesh is actually an archer class
"Is Gilgamesh a roll model, no". Yes he is. Roll models don't have to start as perfect people. The whole point of the story is that he becomes a virtuous man.
Is it just me or does Humbaba seem to be a dragon?
A lion's head, a birds feet, a snake's tail and scales seem to be describing an eastern version of a dragon to me.
reminds me more of a chimera
TLViolynn He's pretty much a chimera judging by the sculptures in the video
Maybe it was Tasmanian tiger
let's see, from final fantasy VI Xd, humbaba is a greenish demon with dragon scale, demon horns, and some scale on its back
Denis Safiev iii
In at least one version of the Gilgamesh story I've heard, Gilgamesh rejected Ishtar's offer to be his lover because he'd heard that she had killed everyone else who had been her lover.
So, he was actually being kind of smart in not wanting to date her.
You dont really need to be that smart to know its not a good idea to date someone that killed everyone she ever dated
Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia
for he only truly ever loved the great king Arthur.
Arturia*
Normies would be confused by this XD
I'm confused, when does Gilgamesh get his golden armor and blonde hair?
Two morals of the story:
If you have a magic plant that grants immortality if you eat it, EAT IT!
If a snake eats it first because you stupidly set it on the ground, go back to where you first found it and see if there is any more!
The dudes 2700 BCE that wrote the story kinda glossed over this point lmao
That is a happy ending.
Or save the effort and eat the snake. I heard it tastes like chicken.
I think he got more of them but not to eat but as a trophy
Well he did went back collected it for his treasury but never ate it realizing that death gives meaning to life. Also in death he could probably bone Enkidu again. I wonder would he chose king Arthur even if Enkidu was there hmmm....
Damn this is different from what I know. I thought Gil was a blonde pompous pretty boy. I thought enkidu was an androngynous green haired clay doll. Man was I wrong.
the mongrels got it wrong
fadel putra Right! Where's the Gate of Babylon? Where is enkidu and gil's enuma elish? Where are the chains of heaven?! Such inaccuracies aren't tolerable
Cake# What about his harem of Ozymandias, Kirei, and Enkidu?
Zeranvor Kirei was too much of a mongrel. He only likes ozy because he flatters his ego. Enkidu is the most useful lover he can be a man or woman.
It's not gay if it's clay... Zasshu!!!!
"Debility would seize anyone who penetrated his forest"? Wow, that's some great poetry, all right.
brb "penetrating" the "forest"
Stephen Gillie If you know what I mean.
I'm sure it rhymed in the original text
You're forgetting Gils two quick stints in 20th and 21st century Japan.
Those filthy mongrels!
Wow Gilgamesh wept, the “Mongrel” line has been reveresed
He wept almost constantly in the original.
why no mention of his gates of Babylon or his noble phantasm, En ?
"To unite dreams beneath a banner of conquest. I praise your efforts. But, warriors... did you not understand? That all dreams must disappear when the dreamer wakes. Every last one of them. Therefore, it was inevitable that I would stand in your way. King of Conquerors, know the end of your eternal dream. I, myself, shall show you harsh reality. Now awaken, Ea! A worthy stage has been set for you! Look up and behold... Enuma Elish!"
GOD I LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BASTARD
*Lost to mass-produced Chinese swords because of his own ego*
How?
no bro , his ego is his only weakness.
according to several characters in the fate series, Gilgamesh is the most powerful servant among them,if he went all out against saber or shiro he can destroy them in the mater of seconds.
Jetstream Snake Again, lost because of his own ego.
Countered himself.
Yeah he would have easily won if he just used the noble phantasm that Shiro couldn't even read... I mean did we forget that that man has a fighter jet for some reason...so yeah seems pretty o p to me
i think the fact that he fails makes him the real hero. sometimes in life, no matter how we try things wont really work on our side. but we should put our utmost best even in the face of our greatest challenge. tbh i find Gilgamesh more of a hero than most Heroes in hapilly ever after stories.
if you love tragic stories, you should read heroes journey from greek's mythology, i think the only happy heroes in the end is perseus
yah. think my best is Oedipius the king. one heck of a tragic story!!
true
any other tragic heroes someone can recommend?! i mean the really obscure ones?! we all know about the Hamlets, Romeos, King Lear, Julio Cesaer, um who is that Nordic tragic again?!
Siegfried? Well, technically I guess he counts as Germanic more than just Norse, depending on who you ask.
To me another tragic hero is Don Quixote. Also the movie version of William Wallace, for a modern story in the list.
As much as I love Mythology and learning about famous stories it was truthfully the Fate anime series that convinced my brain to watch this video
"Do you have enough weapons stored up, King of Heroes?"
"I am the Rules"
GokhenAlterPlays Not. Yet.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is THE oldest piece of literature in the world, not "one" of the oldest.
Literature - “written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.” The pyramid text hold the title of oldest piece of known literature.
@@anjoelsallas isn't the text of Gilgamesh older than any pyramid ?
@@lautheimpaler4686 Nope, but the word "literature" is subjective. Gilgamesh is written as a story and is the first of its kind. The pyramid texts are funerary texts. They have some myths, but they are not in the same genre as Gilgamesh.
@@lococomrade3488 The Vedas are not as old as Gilgamesh or the pyramid texts.
@@gwendolyn2001 how does that contradict what I said ?
Well, He did attain one form of immortality- His memory lives on to this day after all.
Can't wait for the King Arthur episode.
Naruhodo.
I swear the moment that everyone saw "Gilgamesh"
They clicked for the meme
Wtf is the Gilgamesh meme?
@JayGunner
There's a popular game for people who like anime called "Fate: Grand Order", it also has many anime seasons
It's a bunch of History and mythology collided to fight each other. Have you ever imagine jack the killer and Gilgamesh fighting? Yeah this is it
@@AethernaLuxen Ah ok thx. Cause I was really confused when scrolling down this entire comment section.
No idea bout a meme tbh
@@AethernaLuxen Jack the RIPPER.
50% of the comment section is here from 'Fate' series...
Mongrels...😐
I actually like this story and would like some sort of re written version, of it was in anime I think it would be cool , th3 fate series version of him didn’t do him justice
I came here from the Under Night In-Birth character, but it's still anime so you might as well lump me in with them, lol
No ff comment’s so far
@@justthatdude9658 wym by that? In FGO Babylonia he really had an ideal of a king there
I was here before the Fate Grand Order fans arrived. I also, technically, eventually became one of them. So props to ya'll who have watched this before Fate Grand Order. You guys are the real veterans!
He was especially known for exploiting the King’s right to sex with all subordinate women. “Gilgamesh does not leave a daughter to [her family] nor the maiden to the warrior, nor the wife to her husband.” (It’s good to be the King of Ur, apparently) In desperation, they appealed to the gods to get him off their back and their wives. This, then, is an ancient story about good government, as well as a lesson for humanity on how to live in the world. It suggests that the key to being both a good king and a good man is to have a sense of limits, especially sexual. All political leaders should read it!
GIRUGAMESH
Aaaaand it all comes flooding back. I thought I'd escaped this meme a decade ago X_x
Crisperz Girugameshu.
I love sushi.
"Inky Doo"
I've always heard it pronounced as "en-KIE-doo".
whahahaha ahaha sigh same
"... beer and wisdom, two things that don't often go together"
(mad Tyrion noise)
You forgot to mention that he fought Tiamat with the help of two teenagers from the future because of King Solomon 🤣
Gilgamesh Your human body may not have been immortal but your name and story have done pretty well. four thousand years and counting.
Love this guy in CIV 6. He's even your friend forever, without any efforts to be friendly towards him. Or he war-cart rushes you turn 10 and you start over a game without hours going to waste.
In my opinion best part about Gilgamesh is that he is 2/3 god. Not a demi-god or quarter-god but a 2-out-of-3-god. However that works
Gökçe Okbay Math is for mortals
Zhaozi *math are for mongrels*
Fixed :3
And it is racist.
www.campusreform.org/?ID=10005
I'm pretty sure his father was a demi-god TBH
maybe the X chromosomes count as 2 and the Y chromosomes count as 1, that will give you the 2/3 god
And the end gilgamesh
Knows that
*"Immortal is not by body,its by deed"*
Gilgamesh, when refusing Ishtar, tells her about the tragic fate of all her previous lovers, making her ashamed but also invoking her wrath.
Zashu
I understood that reference
lmao
HOOO~
Onore
Filthy mongrels
As a native citizen from the city of Babylon myself, I feel great power of nostalgia everytime I hear and read epic of Gilgamesh.
*Ah, yes....*
I, too, have seen Fate/Zero
Who came here and did a research after y’all saw how op he was in the fate anime🤘🏼😂😂😂
NG ! He’s also in The Eternals Movie in the MCU
Facts, fate re-awakened my interest in mythology, legends. and lore.
Well he isn't op at all, on the other hand his weapons are.
Today I learned that Disney's Hercules draws heavily from the Epic of Gilgamesh, and that trigger warnings emphasize the trigger by saying it twice.
I live 10 kilometers from Uruk
I can see Uruk from my house
MopedOfJustice where do you live I live in Khedr
I wanted to brag how close I am to Uruk, but as I turned I stub my toe into it.
No kidding? Here i thought living a few kilometers away from a civil war battlefield was a big deal. You're practically next dor to one of the first cities of humanity.
cool
*ENUMA ELISH*
Abhijay Paul BILLIE ELISH
@@gokublack3231 lmfao
Gilgamesh loved Enkidu in more ways than you let us know ;)
Also you skipped the best part, where he cries for seven days and nights over Enkidu's death, his grief beeing so powerfull, the whole of Uruk is thrown into darkness and it's citizens hearts are overcome with sadness.
When i watch this,i imagining this story as fate grand order anime
Kind of is and this part has manga adaptation i think
The way this video ties in the Hero's Journey with Gilgamesh is majestic. Just majestic.
In my experience beer and wisdom always go together.
And in many mythologies, too.
I mean... there's Odin so... :/
Me too hahahahaahah
This really gives a new light to the Fate character for those who didn't really know his lore, for all his boasting he was a pretty shitty king.
Well the fate version of his story is slightly different. If you want, you can read it on the Typemoon wiki.
And after all of these events, he was supposed to have become a good king that the people could love. (I think that this was part of the actual Epic, but not sure)
Sarim Khan In the epic he pretty quickly becomes a better king as once he befriends Enkidu the citizens no longer lament that he is a bad king
Chloe Davis and in turn is better than his counterpart in fate.
Yuwan we still have to know his caster self at the next singularity at the na server
I loved watching this episode when first uploaded, so much so I grabbed the Stephen Mitchell version from Audible. I'd highly recommend it for more of the story, and very keen insight to the epic's deeper meaning.
This video was educational AND fun! I enjoyed watching it and did not get bored. You got all the points across quickly and accurately. Very insightful and helpful!
Do Saber next
Artemis saber is king arthur
which saber there are tons of them
Artemis you should be specific like arthur pendragon or nero claudius
This is the real Story Not the Anime
Saber is class, not names
Gates of Babylon
He "Gilgamesh" built the gates of Uruk , not the Gates of Babylon .
Ahh sorry you was talking about Civilization V game :))
@@hassanbassim4007 Isn't uruk the ancient name of babylon?
Sousuke Aizen no , Uruk is a Sumerian city in southern Iraq existed 1500 years before Babylon , Babylon was a small city built by the Akkadians and start to become the main role in the area during Hammurabi , They are different cities but the same culture .
@@hassanbassim4007 Is it the same location though? cause from what I've read it is located in the same place east of river euphrates.
Maybe my source was wrong.
You guys ever thought about the exchange of myths around the world? Like Greco-buddhism, where, for example, the myth of Hercules strongly influenced the Nio, guardians of Buddha often depicted in front of east-asian temples
Bursykovski
Greco-Buddhism! Yeah! And the Tocharians! It's an interesting culture, where east meets west before AD.
Bursykovski ♥♥♥ACTUALLY, GILGAMESH WANTED TO GIVE EACH FAMILY WITHIN HIS DOMAIN A FIGHTING CHANCE BY HAVING A PHYSICALLY STRONG AND POWERFUL MEMBER BROUGHT BY HIS OWN SEED. ONCE THEY GROW UP, THEY WOULD WORK FOR HIM AND HIS WHOLE DOMAIN AS A SOLDIER OR WARRIOR. THEY WOULD ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PROTECTING THEIR OWN FAMILIES. IT WILL THEN BE NOT EASY TO DEFEAT HIS DOMAIN.♥♥♥THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. BUT I DO BECAUSE I HAVE GOD COMPLEX. I CAN EASILY RELATE WITH THE ANCIENT GODS IN SOME WAYS♥♥♥.
♥♥♥GILGAMESH WAS A TYPICAL NEPHILIM. PLEASE REFER TO THE CHAPTER SIX OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND CHAPTER SIX OF THE BOOK OF ENOCH.♥♥♥
It's not really surprising actually. Alexander the Great caused a huge influence on the culture of the Middle East and India during his campaigns, then when he returned home he brought their culture back. Art history shows massive changes in Greek and Indian styles from that point on. Not to say he was the sole cause of exchange, but he certainly made waves compared to the trickle down the silk road at the time.
The oldest civilizations were sumer mesopotamia egypt china and india
Just read Gilgamesh and I love this! Your animations are gold.
Gilgamish rejects Ishtar because of her history with her lovers and what she does to them after she's finished with them ( killing them )
here because of fate franchise (fate zero)
Denish Trivedi yes yes. How dare thy put a judgment on out King Of Heroes!? “Look up and behold! Enuma Elish!”
Mongrel!?
Denish Trivedi lmao sameeee
David Cuellar know your place, mongrel (couldn't resist)
so am I
Very nicely explained
It would be nice to mention that Gilgamesh rejected Ishtar because A) people who love her often experience disaster...usually at Ishtar's own hand b) Enkidu and Gilgamesh were lovers. which really should be A, but ya know
Thank you so much for this video! This is for college work and definitely a paper later on for the course and this video helped alot. It is similar to one of my favorite mangas like Berserk, Zetman and to my own personal stories I create (animation major) surrounding themes of humanization, the power of human will, heroism, patriarchy, accepting reality, your destine faith, and moving forward in life. This is why I always love CrashCourse! ❤️
Enkiodo was created to be his nemisis and it wasn't a wrestling match it was a fight. Then they became buds
I'm pretty sure Gilgamesh resists Ishtar because he knows that anyone she sleeps with meets a terrible end.
They could make a movie out of this...
MrRCTheDon I am personally working on a screenplay about this epic
Jean-Erolle Remy I would love to help in anyway shape and form.
Coming soon in 2030 😈 i will be do movie about this
gia tue Luong cong Lmao he has the worst ending out of the 3 routes. Imagine being the oldest king and hero in humanity just to be eaten by a teenage girl in a back alley
They made an Anime series... er, sort of...
Gilgamesh is great.
Noah was a fraud...
I just love this episode because it really touches the foundational reason why myths are important and remain to be. Amazing job. Thanks!
He rejects Ishtar because she had an habit of not being faithful, and cursing and killing her spouses. Also, beer was one of the greatest technological advancements of Summery, being considered one of the reasons humans started to settle and create civilizations, one of the first reasons for widespread agriculture. It's not hard to see why, in that context, it would be associated with wisdom.
Anyone else automatically think of Fate/Stay Night?
me lol
me, FGO
@@ivancaraig1715 fgo too hahaha
No
I think of Final Fantasy instead
Great video, first time i saw a trigger Waring that wasnt facetious. Times are changing.