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54C-Gilgamesh: Dust

Myths and Legends

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The Curse of Inkidu

Inkidu, the young man who found him and unwittingly terrorized with his hairy nakedness, was dying. The priestess of Ishtar, called the harlot in the first episode, had heard he was sick and wanted to visit her old friend. Inkidu's god, Shamash, called down from heaven, saying basically, Inkidu, really? She's done nothing but help you since she met you. If it weren't for her, you wouldn't have met Gilgamesh, you would have been robbed of all these years with him. He never got a chance to say thank you because he was so caught up in fighting Gilgamesh when they parted

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