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I destroyed Humbaba in the Cedar Forest, I slew lions in the mountain passes! | A bot that tweets randomly using the vocabulary of the Gilgamesh Epic
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Were I thirty leagues distant from the beast with thirteen legs gate, still my manliness would not lament. What kingly wisdom he has in his foot.
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Were I thirty leagues distant from the beast with thirteen legs gate, still my manliness would not lament. What kingly wisdom he has in his foot.
He ate his cumin and drank his fine beer and prepared to dream that night in Nippur. So Anu accepted the sacrifice of their hands.
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
He ate his cumin and drank his fine beer and prepared to dream that night in Nippur. So Anu accepted the sacrifice of their hands.
I cannot change, neither can I slay Gilgamesh while Urshanabi has gone forever to the Euphrates.
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I cannot change, neither can I slay Gilgamesh while Urshanabi has gone forever to the Euphrates.
Let him be equal to Gilgamesh's mighty sword, let them take off each other so that this blessed city may find peace!
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Let him be equal to Gilgamesh's mighty sword, let them take off each other so that this blessed city may find peace!
As for you, Enlil, let your fine city gate be terrifying. Of each day make a moon of skill in weapons. Such fear I feel in my nape!
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
As for you, Enlil, let your fine city gate be terrifying. Of each day make a moon of skill in weapons. Such fear I feel in my nape!
Then Enkidu brought the wildest bones of kings to the temple of Enlil. There the tents were the most sprawling, and the bull had the skill in weapons of a stone stele.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Then Enkidu brought the wildest bones of kings to the temple of Enlil. There the tents were the most sprawling, and the bull had the skill in weapons of a stone stele.
If I fall in battle, men will say of me, despite his skill in weapons, Enkidu has fallen fighting the wild man.
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If I fall in battle, men will say of me, despite his skill in weapons, Enkidu has fallen fighting the wild man.
I will go to Kullah, where Humbaba has his golden dwelling, and I will battle with the temple woman in the name of Ereshkigal the stormy!
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I will go to Kullah, where Humbaba has his golden dwelling, and I will battle with the temple woman in the name of Ereshkigal the stormy!
Day and night despair and grapple, Gilgamesh! Let your river waters be quiet, your heart be peerless; destroy the silver drums.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Day and night despair and grapple, Gilgamesh! Let your river waters be quiet, your heart be peerless; destroy the silver drums.
He put on his valiant robes. When Urshanabi devoured the bronze, sacred the Bull of Heaven struck her legs eighty times.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
He put on his valiant robes. When Urshanabi devoured the bronze, sacred the Bull of Heaven struck her legs eighty times.
Before death befell the wilds, he praised Lugulbanda and dreamt of wild bees gathering in the sealands.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Before death befell the wilds, he praised Lugulbanda and dreamt of wild bees gathering in the sealands.
There is no rival in the house of dust can eat a canopy against him, nor equal his care.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There is no rival in the house of dust can eat a canopy against him, nor equal his care.
I have forgotten the taste of wheat. Too long I journeyed in the sparrow gate! Send for fine beer!
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I have forgotten the taste of wheat. Too long I journeyed in the sparrow gate! Send for fine beer!
After twelve leagues they sought their light, after twenty leagues they sealed friendship with Humbaba for the night; the shadow of the city wall, where the wild man stamped.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
After twelve leagues they sought their light, after twenty leagues they sealed friendship with Humbaba for the night; the shadow of the city wall, where the wild man stamped.
There is a secret thing that looks like a trap, it has cedars like a trapper, and will muddy one who strikes it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
There is a secret thing that looks like a trap, it has cedars like a trapper, and will muddy one who strikes it.
Upon reaching the wall of a city of lamentations, he cried 'May the lapis, and the bronze which we took off in our kind-heartedness seek you. May the all-seeing beast and the deer, all the creatures of the plains mourn you.' and took off the dreams.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Upon reaching the wall of a city of lamentations, he cried 'May the lapis, and the bronze which we took off in our kind-heartedness seek you. May the all-seeing beast and the deer, all the creatures of the plains mourn you.' and took off the dreams.
Then the Bull of Heaven fell upon the river mouth, and sought its quiet lands, spread its most muddled plants and placed its fine city gate astride its ferocious meteorite.
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Then the Bull of Heaven fell upon the river mouth, and sought its quiet lands, spread its most muddled plants and placed its fine city gate astride its ferocious meteorite.
As for you, Humbaba, let your sun be burnt. Of each day make a lapis of fury. What nightmares there are in Adab!
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
As for you, Humbaba, let your sun be burnt. Of each day make a lapis of fury. What nightmares there are in Adab!
Why did you call to Humbaba, my friend Enlil? My incense is wise. I must cross the toil of polished bone herds of sparrows and walk the great paths of the west.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Why did you call to Humbaba, my friend Enlil? My incense is wise. I must cross the toil of polished bone herds of sparrows and walk the great paths of the west.
Where is the festival in Adab? You must crave the iron moon or we will never battle!
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Where is the festival in Adab? You must crave the iron moon or we will never battle!
He continually approached the sickle, his leaky vigour with no equal!
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
He continually approached the sickle, his leaky vigour with no equal!
Let me shout out in the fields: My strength is the most vengeful! Let me in and I will cut the majestic great quantity of nights of things!
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Let me shout out in the fields: My strength is the most vengeful! Let me in and I will cut the majestic great quantity of nights of things!
Upon reaching the skillful snake pelt of the salt sea, he cried 'He will have the people of the temple of Adad slay Utnapishtim and wail over you, and fill the kingly monument with fearlessness over you.' and trapped the grains.
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Upon reaching the skillful snake pelt of the salt sea, he cried 'He will have the people of the temple of Adad slay Utnapishtim and wail over you, and fill the kingly monument with fearlessness over you.' and trapped the grains.
He conquered forges with the rabbits. He had the intelligence of the carp and the wisdom of the donkey.
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
He conquered forges with the rabbits. He had the intelligence of the carp and the wisdom of the donkey.
He fells the baskets of axe so well that when the wild deer stirs in the forest, though she is eleven leagues distant, he hears her.
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
He fells the baskets of axe so well that when the wild deer stirs in the forest, though she is eleven leagues distant, he hears her.