A sculpture representing Ninsun, Gilgamesh's mother
A sculpture representing Ninsun, the mother of Gilgamesh, the site of the discovery in southern Iraq, the current location of the Louvre Museum, and it dates back to the Sumerian civilization, dating back to 2250 BC.
(Ninson, the wise and all-knowing woman, said to her son)
She lives in Uruk with her son as king. Since Gilgamesh's father was the former king Lugal-Banda, it makes sense that Ninsun would be related to Lugal-Banda by birth and help her son in his adventure by providing him with the meanings of his dream in the beginning.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a poetic epic from Mesopotamian literature. It is considered the oldest of the great literary works and the second oldest remaining religious texts from that period, after the Pyramid Texts. The literary history of the Epic of Gilgamesh begins with five poems in the Sumerian language about Bilgamesh (which is the Sumerian word for Gilgamesh), king of Uruk. The poems date back to the era of the Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2100 BC). These scattered stories were later used as a source of reference for an epic poem collected in the Akkadian language. The oldest surviving copy of this collected epic is known as the “Old Babylonian” version, dating from the 18th century BCE, and named for the words at the beginning of the poem (“It surpasses all other kings”) (in English: Shūtur eli sharrī). Only a few clay tablets remain of that poem. The next version, known as the standard Babylonian version compiled by Sin-laqi-unini, dates back to between the thirteenth and tenth centuries BC and bears the name “He Who Saw the Deep” (in English: “Sha naqba īmuru”), or in contemporary words: “He He who sees the unseen.” About two-thirds of this copy with twelve clay tablets has been recovered. Some of the better-preserved copies have been discovered in the ruins of Ashurbanipal's royal library from the 7th century BC.
As in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Ninsun is summoned by Gilgamesh and Enkidu for help by praying to the god Utu to help the two on their journey to fight Humbaba.
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Ninsun is depicted as a human queen living in Uruk with her son as king. Since Gilgamesh's father was the former king of Lugal-Banda, it would make sense for Ninsun to be related to Lugal-Banda by birth. She helps her son in his adventure by providing him with the meanings of his dream at the beginning.
Ninsun or Ninsumun in Sumerian mythology (Cuneiform: Denin.Sumun2; Sumerian: Nin-Sumun ("Lady of the Wild Cow")) is the goddess known as the mother of the legendary hero Gilgamesh, and the guardian of the gods Gudea of Lagash. Her parents are the gods Anu and Uras. Ninsun was also associated with the gods Ancient where she is believed to be her reincarnation.
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