Mesopotamia and the Legends of Gilgamesh

<p>Mankind lived in Paradise for a long time God said to unnamed colleagues: Is it possible that he may also take from the Tree of Life and live forever? Having eaten the Fruit of Knowledge but forbidden from reaching for the Fruit of the Tree of Life. Following Adam's eating of the Fruit of Knowledge..</p><p>Since then man has sought Immortality withheld by God. Yet throughout the millennia it has gone unnoticed that while concerning Yahweh's Tree of Knowing: Adam became a part of us after eating it no such statement has been made regarding From the fruit of the Tree of Life we can live forever..</p><p>Was it because the promise of Immortality made to Mankind as a distinctive attribute of the gods was nothing more than a grand illusion?</p><p>A king of Uruk Gilgamesh son of Ninsun and Lugalbanda was the first to try and find out.</p><p>While the tales of Enmerkar and Lugalbanda are enchanting and intriguing the post-Diluvial Luga has to be one of the most compelling! Gilgamesh was the demigod who ruled Uruk from 2750 to 2600 BCE and had the longest and most detailed records. Throughout Gilgamesh's long Epic he searches for Immortality believing that since two-thirds of him are gods and one-third are humans he should not peer over the wall as a mortal.</p><p>Genealogically he was more than just a demigod more than a fifty-fifty god. King Lugalbanda son of Lnanna and High Priest of Uruk possessed the divine determinative. Gilgamesh was described as having the essence of Ninurta (Enlil's foremost son) because of his mother Nin. Sun ('Lady Who Irrigates') was the daughter of Ninurta and his spouse Batu. Anu's youngest daughter Bau was of a noble family.</p>