The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous

Author:Anonymous [Anonymous]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: BOTH
Publisher: Seedbox Press, LLC
Published: 2011-12-27T06:00:00+00:00

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The meeting of Gilgamesh with the scorpion-men, at the foot

of a mountain whose name is Mashu.

As he came to the mountain of Mashu,

whose entrance is guarded daily by monsters,

whose back extends to the dam of heaven,

and whose breast reaches down to Aralu,

Scorpion-men guard its gate;

Dreadful terror they spread, and it is death to behold them.

Their splendor is fearful, overthrowing the mountains;

From sunrise to sunset they guard the sun.

Gilgamesh beheld them, and with fear

and terror his face grew dark.

His mind became confused at the wildness of their aspect.

But one scorpion-man said to his wife:

"He that there cometh to us, flesh of the gods is his body."

And the wife answered the scorpion-man:

"Two [thirds] he resembles a god, and one third only a man."

And the scorpion-man replied and said unto her:

["One] of the gods has given the order;

[and] he has travelled over far-distant roads,

until he should come unto me.

The mountains] which he has crossed are steep."

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