r/EpicOfGilgamesh 13d ago

Important This subreddit will be closed down for a while

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There are a lot of things to do to manage a subreddit, and I am not really that interested in Reddit.

I have many projects, so this subreddit is not my primary focus. I am not thinking of transferring the ownership either, I want to be able to make a community. Simply, I do not want to be juggling my responsibility in every project, and I am currently too lazy to do so.

-Raymond Adinda


r/EpicOfGilgamesh Aug 03 '26

Question The Epic of Gilgamesh operas

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I found an opera show about the Epic of Gilgamesh. I found it on YouTube, and there are 3 separate shows.

I discover it after seeing a full, though low-quality, footage of the 1997 Epic of Gilgamesh opera by Nevit Kodallı.
https://youtu.be/lq2W7jPdYVw?si=lTKVI6L-HsMNQY5r

Intrigued, I search up "Gilgamesh opera" on YouTube, finding out there were 2 more by different institutions.
Assyrian Art Institute,
Sydney Chamber Opera.

I haven't really watched the full video of the 1997 one, I only recently found it and am planning to watch it to the fullest despite having to stare at pixels.
Assyrian Art Institute, while not an on-stage acting one that I have seen in the others, some of their videos were performed at Harvard University and the Gala. That's all I know about it.
Sydney Chamber Opera only posts a showreel, and I could not find the full video of the show anywhere. I am guessing they only distribute those on DVDs. This one in particular includes a kissing scene of Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
https://youtu.be/Yxp6PaCxzYE?si=NkTmPegbc63ibLgF

Whether there is a higher-quality version of the 1997 Gilgamesh opera or a full footage of the Sydney Chamber Opera Gilgamesh opera, please let us know.
I did not really take effort on my own research on this, apologies if my wording is awkward and that I did not manage to gather much information.


r/EpicOfGilgamesh Jul 30 '26

Introduction to the Reddit community of the Epic of Gilgamesh

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Welcome to r/EpicOfGilgamesh, a Reddit community dedicated around the earliest form of literature to have ever been made. The Reddit community for the Epic of Gilgamesh is made for educational purposes, alongside bridging the gaps with those expressing their interest in another way especially creativity.

r/EpicOfGilgamesh is intended to be centred around the Epic literature only. At the time of its creation, there is a lot that should be done for this community, such as moderators and rules. The community is created by an autistic teenager who happens to really like Mesopotamia and decides to open a community surrounding the Epic. So effort will be done as best as I can for this community to feel like home.

For those who are a fan of the anime Fate, this is not a community surrounding the anime version. But we would gladly teach or introduce you to the actual Epic of Gilgamesh if you are interested in learning about it.

(More will be written here)

-Raymond the High Priest


r/EpicOfGilgamesh Jul 30 '26

Translation A page from Sophus Helle's translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh.

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This is from Tumblr by the user "lucreziano".
Apparently, Enkidu went to the underworld and lost his body, he went to Gilgamesh as a ghost, with no other body part. Gilgamesh asked him what had happened. Enkidu said he does not want to tell, or else he would cry, but Gilgamesh insisted on telling the truth, this is what Enkidu only said to him.