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| largest city in mesopotamia in the time of Gilgamesh, with important temples to Anu and Ishtar |
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| King of Uruk, tow parts God, one part man |
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| Shaggy man from the steppe, Gilgamesh match and closest friend |
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| monster appointed by the god Enlil to guard the forest of cedars, hideous face |
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| monster appointed by the god Enlil to guard the forest of cedars, hideous face |
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| god of sun and the oracles, concerned with justice and equality, wise judge and lawgiver |
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| godess of sex love and warfare; planet Venus, and the principal female diety |
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| the sage and only human being along with his wife and family to survive the flood, granted eternal life under Eas favor |
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| temple prostitute that tames Endiku by seducing him away from his nartural state |
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| godess of wine and brewing,veiled, who comforts gilgamesh and though she knows gilgamesh quest is futile helps him on his way to utnapishtam |
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