Although he is the son of Ninsun, he occasionally refers to Lugulbanda as his semi-divine "father". After entering the Cedar Forest, he prays to Shamash before fighting the demon Humbaba. Utnapishtim gives him an account of the great Flood, while his earlier rejection of Ish
Although he is the son of Ninsun, he occasionally refers to Lugulbanda as his semi-divine "father". After entering the Cedar Forest, he prays to Shamash before fighting the demon Humbaba. Utnapishtim gives him an account of the great Flood, while his earlier rejection of Ishtar's proposal of marriage caused her to strike his companion, Enkidu, with sickness. Originally the oppressive king of Uruk, he is two-thirds divine and one-third human. FTP, identify this hero of an ancient Sumerian epic.
Although he is the son of Ninsun, he occasionally refers to Lugulbanda as his semi-divine "father".
{Gilgamesh}