Gilgamesh Immortal (Chronicles of the Nephilim) by Brian Godawa

Author:Brian Godawa [Godawa, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Embedded Pictures Publishing
Published: 2012-11-01T07:00:00+00:00

When they arrived at the temple complex, Ninurta stood sentry at the gates while Gilgamesh and Enkidu entered the complex and found their way to the immense Huluppu tree.

It was already five hundred feet high and seventy feet round, its tangled roots clutching the ground like a reptilian claw.

Gilgamesh surveyed the surrounding buildings and open areas of the city to determine which way they should lay the huge tree to the ground. They heard the caw of the mighty Anzu thunderbird in the sky and saw it launch from a nest high above and fly off into the sun. It must have sensed what was about to happen.

“Enkidu,” said Gilgamesh, “let us chop some wood.”

They raised their axes high. But before they could swing them, they were interrupted by the haunting sound of a female voice behind them, “Mighty Gilgamesh!”

They turned to see a raven-haired woman in a translucent flowing robe and a wreath of flowers on her strikingly long hair. Her face was milky pale and almost seemed as translucent as her gown, which drew the eyes of both men to her voluptuous curves and titillating peeks of her sexuality. When she spoke, she sounded as if she was singing, or at least that was the effect on these men.

“I am Lilith, and I live in the folds of this mighty Huluppu tree.”

The men glanced at one another curiously.

“It is the Great Goddess Earth Mother, the Tree of Life. She is the link between heaven and earth. Why would you seek to murder her?”

“Murder?” said Gilgamesh. “It looks like just a tree to me, not a person.”

“Ah, but that is where you are wrong, O king. The mystery of life flows through her sap. Her branches bear the fruit of love, and her roots are the very nourishment of the soil around you.”

Enkidu wisecracked, “I think if you were to ask the soil, it might disagree with you, and consider itself a victim of depletion.”

Gilgamesh looked at the ground surrounding the tree. Enkidu was right. It was cracked dry and completely void of all vitality and vegetation. The tree was sucking the life out of the soil, not nourishing it. If given more time, it would no doubt suck the life out of all of Uruk and expand to the cities nearby, Eridu, Ur and the others.

Lilith drew closer. Her curves and crevices becoming more distracting to the men.

Her voice became tinged with desperation. “Does Ishtar know what you are doing? Does she approve?” she said.

“I am king of Uruk,” said Gilgamesh. “I built this temple, I rule the four quarters, and I do not approve of this tree.”

Lilith said, “Do you build your kingdom on the exploitation and degradation of your environment?”

“I have been accused of worse,” he responded.

At that moment, Enkidu could swear he felt the ground move slightly below his feet. He gripped his axe tightly.

“You leave me no choice but to call up the earth to fight back and protect itself,” she said.

“The earth is unruly enough,” said Gilgamesh.

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