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Ancient Dwarven Book IV
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Ancient Dwarven Book IV

the epic of gilgamesh iv

gilgamesh rejects the advances of the goddess ishtar because of her mistreatment of previous lovers like dumuzi ishtar asks her father anu to send the bull of heaven to avenge her when anu rejects her complaints ishtar threatens to raise the dead who will outnumber the living and devour them anu states that if he gives her the bull of heaven uruk will face seven years of famine ishtar provides him with provisions for seven years in exchange for the bull ishtar leads the bull of heaven to uruk and it causes widespread devastation it lowers the level of the euphrates river and dries up the marshes it opens up huge pits that swallow three hundred men without any divine assistance enkidu and gilgamesh attack and slay it and offer up its heart to shamash when Ishtar cries out enkidu hurls one of the hindquarters of the bull at her the city of uruk celebrates but enkidu has an ominous dream about his future failure

Notes

  • As an Easter egg, the text is actually an English summary of the Epic of Gilgamesh.