The Epic of Gilgamesh - Thug Notes Summary & Analysis
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (circa 2100 BCE)
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Tablet 12 is basically history's first fanfiction.
all tablets were prolly written by the same guy
Tone and style of tablete 12 is completely different than the others, suggesting a different author.
tabletteur? tablete? complete. I will now assume my final form as mecha grammar Hitler.
Mark Burgess don't you talk shit about how I spell tableetueue
They ship Gilgamesh-senpai and Enkidu in Tablet 13.
"No matter whether you're Top Dog or Bottom Bitch, Death is comin' for your ass."
Timeless wisdom to ring throughout the ages.
The happy ending was done to appease American audiences who were too upset with a darker ending. This shit happens all the time yo
Well, that ain't impossible. Or perhaps the author tried two versions to see which one would be better received by the audience.
Филип Брчић It's a joke
poontang3zizo
Well, of course it's a joke about the Americans, but it isn't impossible that the audience didn't like the sad ending and wanted a happy ending or that the author tried to experiment with both endings.
Or.....Or, and this is crazy right but bare with me. It's a crazy story of antiquity and people coming back from the dead isn't that weird.
they predicted it
The twelfth tablet is fanfic written by a Gilkidu shipper.
*What is this horrid idea you have brought into the public light*
There are people who aren't shipping them?
@@EloquentTroll I know, right? Everybody knows that that B in their bromance is actually just a dirty napkin taped on to the beginning.
@@zaynab-to-a I had heard that, after Gilgamesh met Enkidu, he rejected the advances made by Isthar (the sexiest goddess) even though before he was basically a sex maniac.
@@jackpreacher3514 That's really interesting; he must have been especially important to Gilgamesh, since ancient myths and civilizations usually weren't known for their monogamy.
"The scholars think the stone is just a DVD extra that don't mean shit."
I love this guy!
Currently studying Gilgamesh as part of my ancient civ minor and another interpretation is that Enkidu was alive at the end because Gilgamesh's memory of him made him immortal. This may have either encouraged or reflected the Sumerian culture of commemoration and remembrance of ancestors (which carried on into Akkad, Babylon, etc.)
Sounds plausible 👍
That is GREAT to know
Sounds similar with the Mexican tradition of the day of the dead
Sounds like The Epic of Gilgamesh is the OG fanfiction.
GuyWithAnAmazingHat when no it's the OG Fiction, The Divine Comedy is the OG Fan Fiction
Given that it's the first story ever written, every other story is technically fan fiction.
Fanfiction of what?
Slashbash Their ideas of gods with some hints of slash fiction and a couple OCs thrown into it.
Jojo's bizarre adventure anyone?
No lie, he did a better job explaining everything than my professor at college, lol.
Tablet 12 was an OVA.
GunpowderCoffee Needed more service
Legend says there's a thirteenth with a AU beach vacation.
My guess is a dream sequence as he dies, but as of now I can only talk from the info here... soo
Which one has the mandatory hot springs scene?
Clap. clap. clap
Gilgamesh is immortal in a strange kind of way. He has been immortalised through the power of literature and even after thousands of years he is still around.
Protector of the commonwealth That makes him the greatest hero, since he realized it.
The Grail has him in the Throne of heroes
He also is immortal with things like the Fate franchise.
@@firepuppies4086 yes, exactly
In the translation I read, Enkidu doesnt come back, and Gil instead names his son after Enkidu.
There are more than one version as well,.
That complicates matters. The standard and the babylonian are examples.
there are thousands and thousands of untouched tablets sitting in museums they probably have many copys of this text but would never know, more stories the bible took from. not enough people doing it, if u are trying to find what to do with your life. learn sumerian!
Enkidu died, Gilgamesh went on a round trip, came back 6 weeks later, saw Enkidu in crutches saying "too legit to quit"
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I really appreciate all the work you guys are putting into helping translate what is often incredibly dense literature into a more digestible form of discourse! Great Work!!!
All while being sexy as hell
"Bro-manse as old as time...song as old as rhyme...Gilgy and the Beast"
Hahahaha! Damn!
Gilgamesh and Enkidu are the first superheroes, complete with fighting-each-other-when-they-could-talk-it-out upon first meeting and then sudden resurrection from death in following issues. #TheyPunchForABitThenTheyreMates
Eirykr but did they save Martha?
This is single handedly the most brilliant contemporary commentary the world has ever seen.
Don't forget Gils two quick stints in 20th and 21st century Japan. That shit was mad whack!
And I was worried no one would bring that up
Bunkhead oh God I hate you so much
hahahah! Dear god, How could people not remember that weird extra story... ^v^
that shit was crazy, there was the king of conquerers who changed his name for some reason, an irish guy with a spear each time for some reason and he kept trying to get with the king of knights
Both Gilgamesh and Enkidu went on adventures in the 20th and 21st century, though for some reason Enkidu is sometimes a dog.
Thug Notes will never get old.
Six years later, still correct.
thug notes on the bible when
alphacino There's WAY too much to dissect...heck in college the Bible is usually divided into its Testaments and even then some scholars divide it with sections like Evangelicals and Books of Poetry...but if Sparky is going to do A Biblical story I think The Book of Job or Revelations are great pieces of literature
Agreed. If they ever do a biblical episode it would be best of they did either the story of Job or the book of Revelations.
Well I was one of those kids that was basically born on a church pew. Trust I know all about Revelations. IMO it would be fun to see it interpreted from a none fanatical point of view.
Antihater135
There is not such a thing.
there is a very nice dude in new testament you know
YO this is so cool that you did this!! I'm Assyrian and this is all from my ancient culture! Also my cousins's name is Enkidu & my friend is named Ishtar!
Berta axo Feeling the same right now, except that my relatives don't have those names :p
ahahah! That is so cool
so are you single
This is from the ancient culture of all of Iraq and all Iraqi people.
Not all Iraqi people, only Assyrians and whoever has Assyrian blood.
How about a Thug Notes of Call of Cthulhu?
Taylor Avalos Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Go for it! Waiting for it?
that, or pickman's model
or "the cave"
Cthulhu for president 2020
Tablet 12 is not canon
So it was the first recorded fanfiction then
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Both written around 2100 BC my ass! Gilgamesh was written in 2700 BC and the Old Testi was written in 6th Century BC (600 BC - 501 BC).
There are multiple version of the old testament. Each was written at a different time (and also place the beginning of the world at different times depending upon which is used).
Lazarinth The Old Testament was written over a period of centuries, and that's when it was written. It's not unlikely that a good chunk, if not all, of the Old Testament were orginally oral stories that weren't written down for a long time. In fact, even earlier writtinga of the orginal stories may exist, or had existed, but are lost.
Ancient Israelites can be traced back to well over 1250 BCE. They're decedents of Cananites who were around during prehistory (before 3500 BCE). So, it wouldn't be impossible for they to be some overlaps in the two works.
Do you really think the entire OT was written at once?
It's really only the book of Genesis that is relevant here, and that is generally believed to have been written in the 6th century BC. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_the_Bible
I think 3700 BCE is a better estimate for Gilgamesh, but yeah 600 BCE (during the Babylonian exile) is pretty accurate for the OT.
I read this story years ago, and when I finished reading I got a diffrent impression. I thought that Gilgamesh died after finding the plant and swimming to shore. He died of exhaustion cause he had been searching so long without breaks. So when I got to the last part I thought it was the story of how they found each other after death and continued having adventures. It fills in many pot holes.
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rokwind
I know this has been 2 years, and I haven't read the book myself, but doesn't Gilgamesh return to Sumer after his trials? An "It was all a dream" ending implied through subtext seems too complex a trope to have been used 4000 years ago.
"Zasshu!"
-Fate's Gilgamesh
*the true Gilgamesh
I just refound this show after watching it when it first came out and I have to say it's crazy how good it is. I was struggling to teach my little brother the importance of the epic of gilgamesh and now he calling the old king the OG. Education at it's best.
It's logical to assume that Gilgamesh dies after retrieving the herb.
How else would he and Enkidu be able to walk off into the sunset?
They're both dead!
Mystery solved... What's my prize?
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I fought Gilgamesh. And lived. And even killed him. . . in some universe.
Wow, Didn't think I find that type of reference here.
and killed by some teenage boy and eaten by some teenage girl at that same universe.
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Medea is love, Illya is life
I think you mean several.
Placing King Arthur on an English flag would be like placing Skenderbeg on the Turkish flag.
Do the Philosophy of *Filthy Frank*!
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What philosophy do you want to know? He's just a character that is anti-everything. It says it all in the description.
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ot7461 yeah
He probably is a contrarian.
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You did a better job of explaining it than anyone else on youtube thanks.
I think the story of Enkidu in the wilderness either influenced, or was copied from the same place, as the biblical Eden narrative. They both imply a transformation from naturalistic innocence into the realm of human awareness. Similar language is also in each account:
"''You are wise, Enkidu, and now you have become like a god. Why do you want to run wild with the beasts in the hills? Come with me. I will take you to strong-walled Uruk." --Gilgamesh tablet 1
"And the LORD God said, 'The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever'" -- Genesis 3:22
Also I think Enkidu's fight with Gilgamesh parallels the Cain and Abel story. It is a battle between rural and urban, and urban is victorious in both cases.
That is why I think these stories are so damn interesting, because they mark an anthropological breakthrough in humanity's understanding of itself. These people realized that walled cities, in some sense, transcended the hunter-gather way of life. They recognized humanity's increasing propensity to achieve feats and gain abilities previously reserved for the gods. In other words, this epoch represents humanity's awakening into the dimension of historical, abstract and literary consciousness. Its quite brilliant really....almost psychedelic...
New World Old Problems Ah an intresting thought process. I actually didn't think about it until I read your comment. I would also like to add that this could very well be seen as an ancient form of colonialism, due to it's ideas of the greatness of civilization shall triumph over the savagery of the wilderness. So in a way both could be seen as old forms of propaganda to promote the lifestyle of living in the walls of civilization instead of the hunter gatherer lifestyle. likewise another interpretation could be that these stories were the transition period of the culture as they go from nomadic hunter's and gatherers to a settlement lifestyle within the safety of the walls.
This is a FANTASTIC summary of Gilgamesh. The people who put this together clearly did a lot of work and even delved into the strange 12th tablet debate, which is impressive. If this video is representative of the work that they do for any piece of literature, then I'd say they are worth checking out.
I thought Enkidu was a green-haired trap?
It was a Strange Fake.
I thought he was a magic chain that works best against divine beings?
Enkidu doesn't have a gender cause he's made of clay. We just call him "him" because Gilgamesh does it.
Oh snap, didn't think about it this way.
Shadowfrost Zenbiniar
So...you're telling me...Enkidu might _actually_ have a boi p0si? A certified yaoi hole?
Do Metamorphosis.
Also, the snake eating the plant is meant to explain their skin shedding.
Also, Uruk is older than Akkadia. How is it contemporary with the bible?
He did Metamorphosis
@@levongevorgyan6789 5 years ago, but I think he meant they were both drawing on the same myths. Lilith, for example, a creature mentioned in the bible, is derived from Lil, who appears in the Epic.
The world seriously needs more of this guy to be a better place.
I love these so muchhh, makes history ten times more fun because I always try and summarise my notes like this and it helps heaps
we all wish we had a home boy like enkidu
I swear to God this video is the reason I graduated. Thank y’all so much
The Epic of Gilgamesh is pretty much the original super hero story .
Really wish they'd put him and Enkidu in Marvel and DC like Thor and Hercules.
MrFaceeatingcancer yeah, if the superhero forced everyone to let him sleep with their newlywed. Gilgamesh was a terrible, terrible character. The Hellenistic period we would actually associate with heroic probably places Heracles (Hercules) as an original hero
+Brother Malachai Gilgamesh is in Marvel, I hate that they gave him a gub
+C. J. Bailey *gun
Heracles and Thor weren't a nice guys either, but Marvel gave them modernized makeovers. I think the same could be done w/ Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Plus, if not heroes, they could be made more neutral or even villains.
So far my favorite version of the story
I posit a third explanation for the ending of Gilgamesh; Gilgamesh has finally passed on, and is living in the afterlife with his best friend, doing the things that make him happiest. He is, essentially, in heaven.
That's not how the Sumerian afterlife works.
It feels so weird that I understand this story even though I haven't heard it before.
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Yup
Wow. This was the first video I watched on this channel, and I'm blown away at how concise, structured and deliberate the story telling was. A+
Girugamesh!
He still chasin' after Saber?
Yep. . o . /
Mongrels!
Sashu
The BEST retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh is THIS. BLESS THIS, MAN
Now, we fight like men!
And ladies!
And ladies who dress like men!
For Gilgamesh...
IT IS BROMANCE TIME!
I was looking for this comment
Oh hey, Greg!
"Ugh, these comments are filled with nothing but Mongrels"
Indeed. As Gilgamesh is just a one trick pony... Like Shirou.
You guys are great and thanks to you I read 100 years of solitude ,all quiet on the western front and many of Edgar Allan Poe stories. Continue to make learning fun and provide us with great movies, tv series, comics and books to go and find
I read The Old Man and the Sea and The Metamorphosis because of them :)
I too read Metamorphosis ,is one of the iconic books of the early twentieth century
I'd be down for a whole EA Poe series
good for you
Fun Fact: The name of the Ishtar-priestess that Enkidu bangs for a week straight nonstop is Shamaht, which literally translates from ancient Sumerian as "She T H I C C."
I wanna see a thug notes on the journey to the west one of the four great Chinese classical novels
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Tablet 12, god damn DLCs
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I think last tablet is like one of those sequels (like Shrek 4) which sucks so much more than the OG but still got made because fans wanted more
I'm living for all these Fate references in the comments lmao
Same.
Fate/Zero anyone?
Everything I want belongs to me
Fate Stay Night? Heaven's feel... Look what they did to my boy.
Fate zero, fate stay night, fate stay night: unlimited blade works, fate apocrypha, fate encore, fate grand order (all of them), fate video games.... the majority of them.
I've only seen one other episode of this series, but I LOVE IT. I was totally thinking what this would sound like to do, and it's just as good an idea as I thought it'd be!
I'm writing an essay on this book. I would've much rather watched this in class
my 1st thug notes video. WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS CHANNEL?!?!?!? thank you. you saved my life.
Could you do a thug notes for The Da Vinci Code please?
Con Nor Don't wanna hate but Dan Brown is nice to read but no great literature
TheHobbit28 neither is fifty shades and yet that got a thug notes
Dan Brown is a nice read...any one of them, that is. The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Digital Fortress are almost point for point the same book.
Fifty Shades was a TV special.
Bromance...? nah, straight up romance.
I know you guys don't want to court a bunch of controversy, but saying that Gilgamesh and the Bible were written "roughly the same time" to avoid the fact that the Bible 'borrowed' heavily from pre-existing sources is like saying that because the printing press and the Model T were invented about the same time, they might as well be both attributed to Henry Ford.
The Mad Kirk
The bible is talking about the same flood that happened in Ancient Mesopotamia. At the time of the Epic of Gilgamesh, you could assume the people started to people Utnapishtim meaning "he found life" found eternal life. During that time people believed in many gods just like Catholics pray to all sorts of saints I'd assume. Noah in the bible gives blessing to his son Shem saying "Praise be to the Lord, the god of Shem!" so Noah could have believed in many gods.
Also Abraham lived also in Ancient Mesopotamia, in the land of Ur. His people believed in many different gods such as his dad, Terah. Yet he was led to Canaan as a promise to have offspring as numerous the stars in the sky. The bible shows that though god is one, there is more than one entity if you just read Genesis alone.
oh boy where do i start. Ok first of all, saying that the bible and gilg were written at roughly the same time and likely borrowed from the same sources is doing exactly what you claim they were avoiding doing by saying that in the first place so thats wrong. Second of all how is that at all equivalent to saying both inventions should be attributed to Henry Ford? Those are not at all equivalent things. If you want your analogy to work it would be more like saying the diesel engine and the gas engine both existed at the same time and where similar and thus were both likely based on similar technology (the steam engine).
Dude im sorry but when literally everything in your post is wrong maybe just dont bother posting.
The Mad Kirk The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440 and the Model T was produced in 1908 almost 400 years later.That isn't *about the same time* .
www.livescience.com/43639-who-invented-the-printing-press.html
www.history.com/topics/model-t
400 year gap is "about the same time' when you're talking about 4 thousand years ago.
I didn't say they were roughly the same time, the video did. I was pointing out that there was a massive time difference between the two. I didn't want my analogy to bring them closer together, because I was trying to illustrate that they were far apart.
Maaaaan, your video sure helped prepare me for reading and understanding my Gilgamesh World Lit assignment. THANK YOU!
I know these are "newer" books-but can you please do Gone Girl and/or The Girl on the Train?? 😀😀😀 LOVE YOU, Sparky & Thug Notes crew!! 💕💕 Thug Notes is truly a book lover's dream come true
+Llamaface Hey there, I actually did an episode on Gone Girl already, so go check it out. And we're doing Gone Girl on Earthling Cinema this weekend!
+Wisecrack love your work.
Omg I didn't realize you did Gone Girl already! Watching it now :-D Thank you so much!!! And yes, I saw the Earthling Cinema episode you did on it!
Wisecrack For modern literature, you guys should do Persepolis
GTFOH! Only great literature on this bitch!
It's amazing how this comedy series did one of the best telling and analises of this story I could find in youtube.
I don't know why but I've always pictured Enkidu as Chewbacca
This was really well done. You were fun and informative. I've bee trying to read the epic of Gilgamesh and you totally reiterated the bit I got through and broke down the majority I have yet to reach. I love the intro and the whole Master Piece Theater feel of it. Great job. 😃😊😃😊😃😊😋
Ulysses by James Joyce. If anyone can make sense of that mess it's Sweet...
Where was this when I needed it last year lol
Man, I aced college reading thanks to this series and my bullshitting skills. Love this guy.
Bullshitting skills are the only skills you need in life
2:17 I see I'm not the only one that ships Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
Just found your channel and you've got another fan. Entertaining and down to earth analyses of some of the greatest stories ever told. Recommending you to all my friends, keep it up! :D
I loved this! How about David Copperfield or The Idiot next?
That'd be awesome.
i think the ending might have been a flashback or a rememberance to enkidu from the perspective of ol G boy after realizing that he didn't require complete immortality to be happy.
that, or he died and they were continuing their adventures in the afterlife, in order to take over the Godlands.
both options kick ass in my opinion.
Please do "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein, dude!
Oh, man. That would be awesome.
Patrick Dodds Or the moon is a harsh mistress. Both are good
So after several lectures and so much readings, it took a 7 min from a video to understand The Epic of Gilgamesh. Keep up the good work bro
Okay, the Old Testament was not written in 2100 BC. The oldest writings were probably done no later than 950BCE. Most legit Bible scholors no longer think the first five books were written by Moses, as there is too much evidence within the text to prove that wrong.
It was edited together after the Babylonian exile from different sources, sometimes within one book. For example, Genesis looks like it was pieced together from at least 2 sources, which is why certain things seem to repeat or contradict. All you have to do is see the two accounts of creation, or how many of each animal God wanted on Noah's ark.
And speaking of the Babylonian exile, that lasted 70 years. No doubt a lot of their stories and traditions were adapted into what became the Jewish faith. In fact, they weren't even called Jews until the time of the Exile.
I like the idea of gilgamesh travelling to the underworld to rescue enkidu, making some kind of sacrifice in the process - completing his transition from villian to hero
the story feels unfinished without that final step - but tablet 12 is probably fan fiction
😂 OMG! I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. Thanks for doing this.. 😂🎉😂
I think you forgot the part where Gilgamesh fell asleep after being told that if he stayed awake for a week (or however long it was) he would be immortal. That's what our school textbook said.
One of my all time favs. Fun fact Gilgamesh is actually the first recorded story every written.
Best summary and analysis of the Epic ever!!! Good job man.
Thuggilgamesh
This is truly a wonderful retelling that I wish I had ten years ago to help me through that humanities class in college... You da man, Thug Notes!
Godam this is fresh, crazy love of brotherhood right here. Thank you my fine sir for keeping the good word alive!
This is one of the best episodes of Thug Notes. GOD DAMN
this is way better than my shitty humanities teacher could ever do
I'm tryna cram for an exam this week. In desperation I searched "gilgamesh thug notes" and lo and behold, y'all made a video about it! Thank you
Please do Candide by Voltaire
Yisss
ShmupShmupPewPew one of my favorite books. also short enough to be enjoyable but super well written.
Too Old I was going to ask for the same thing!
Too Old YAS!!
that shit is too deep, it's the only book I enjoyed from my highschool french literature classes!
This is the only way i understood this and i got a assignment for school tomorrow about this ,big thanks ❤
Do the entire Old Testament
Dude, I still want to hear your take on blood meridian.
My favorite book is the sound and the fury and I'm so impressed with you sounds and the fury thug notes. Please do blood meridian. I think that would be so good
Call of Cthulhu would be so sick!!! Also what about doing Coming Up for Air by George Orwell or The Twelfth Night by Shakespeare?
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honest question, why is The Epic of Gilamesh considered great work of literature?
also if you can, please share your thoughts on a book 'Yayati' by author Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Because it's the oldest piece of written literature we have.
asmus hoyer the oldest is Genji Monogatari... I think
No, Genji Monogatari was written in the 11th Century, making it the oldest known piece of Japanese Literature, but we have numerous texts (i.e. the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Mahabharata, Beowulf, etc.) historians can track back to earlier than that.
Samir Warudkar Oh, yeah, my bad.
It's possibly the original epic.
One other key characteristic that Utnapishtim and Noah shared was PTSD/survivor's guilt. Considering the age of the stories involved, and that we only really understand these things in the last hundred years, it can sure seem to lend a hint of credence. I think the names involved in the legend are perhaps the greatest, considering Gilgamesh meets with Utnapishtim in a place called the *Far Away,* something I think anyone could understand; and the plant that gives a second youth is called *How-the-Old-Man-Once-Again-Becomes-a-Young-Man.* Trippy.
history would've been so awesome with him as the teacher.
I'm way late to this, but I love it (concept and all). Thanks for being another path to leading people into reading books. Video's very funny, but it's also the kind of thing we need. Keep it up!