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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" divine and one-third mortal" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped [[ExtraParentConception father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome child]]. Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce (the goddess Ninsun) seduced a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]god and a mortal in rapid succession.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]
Ninsun(Gilgamesh's mother) was herself a goddess. So she just needs one oher god and the king before Gilgamesh.
Ninsun(Gilgamesh's mother) was herself a goddess. So she just needs one oher god and the king before Gilgamesh.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]
Ninsun(Gilgamesh's mother) was herself a goddess. So she just needs one oher god and the king before Gilgamesh.Epic?!]]
Ninsun(Gilgamesh's mother) was herself a goddess. So she just needs one oher god and the king before Gilgamesh.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]Epic?!]]
Ninsun(Gilgamesh's mother) was herself a goddess. So she just needs one oher god and the king before Gilgamesh.
Ninsun(Gilgamesh's mother) was herself a goddess. So she just needs one oher god and the king before Gilgamesh.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]
Ninsun is a goddess so actually she just needs to have sex with Lugalbanda(the king before Gilgamesh) and one other god. (Probably Shamash just from how much he seems to like Gilgamesh)
Ninsun is a goddess so actually she just needs to have sex with Lugalbanda(the king before Gilgamesh) and one other god. (Probably Shamash just from how much he seems to like Gilgamesh)
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]
Ninsun is a goddess so actually she just needs to have sex with Lugalbanda(the king before Gilgamesh) and one other god. (Probably Shamash just from how much he seems to like Gilgamesh)Epic?!]]
Ninsun is a goddess so actually she just needs to have sex with Lugalbanda(the king before Gilgamesh) and one other god. (Probably Shamash just from how much he seems to like Gilgamesh)
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]Epic?!]]
Ninsun is a goddess so actually she just needs to have sex with Lugalbanda(the king before Gilgamesh) and one other god. (Probably Shamash just from how much he seems to like Gilgamesh)
Ninsun is a goddess so actually she just needs to have sex with Lugalbanda(the king before Gilgamesh) and one other god. (Probably Shamash just from how much he seems to like Gilgamesh)
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''[[UpToEleven twice, ''twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother]]''.eachother''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]
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* MissingEpisode: The story was lost for thousands of years--it wasn't until 1853 that it was rediscovered by Hormuzd Rassam. And even then, It was only after World War I that the Gilgamesh epic reached a wide audience. Parts of the story remain lost, as certain passages jump around and skip over things without reason, and there have been occasions that slightly more complete versions of the story have been discovered, with the most recent part of the story, a fragment of the fifth tablet, having been discovered in [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/epic-of-gilgamesh-new-verses-discovered-worlds-oldest-story-180956844/ 2015] and another in [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1286/new-gilgamesh-fragment-enkidus-sexual-exploits-dou/ 2018].
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* MissingEpisode: The story was lost for thousands of years--it wasn't until 1853 that it was rediscovered by Hormuzd Rassam. And even then, It was only after World War I that the Gilgamesh epic reached a wide audience. Parts of the story remain lost, as certain passages jump around and skip over things without reason, and there have been occasions that slightly more complete versions of the story have been discovered, with the most recent part of the story, a fragment of the fifth tablet, having been discovered in [https://www.[[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/epic-of-gilgamesh-new-verses-discovered-worlds-oldest-story-180956844/ 2015] 2015]] and another in [https://www.[[https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1286/new-gilgamesh-fragment-enkidus-sexual-exploits-dou/ 2018].2018]].
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* MissingEpisode: The story was lost for thousands of years--it wasn't until 1853 that it was rediscovered by Hormuzd Rassam. And even then, It was only after World War I that the Gilgamesh epic reached a wide audience. Parts of the story remain lost, as certain passages jump around and skip over things without reason, and there have been occasions that slightly more complete versions of the story have been discovered, with the most recent part of the story, a fragment of the fifth tablet, having been discovered in July 2021.
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* MissingEpisode: The story was lost for thousands of years--it wasn't until 1853 that it was rediscovered by Hormuzd Rassam. And even then, It was only after World War I that the Gilgamesh epic reached a wide audience. Parts of the story remain lost, as certain passages jump around and skip over things without reason, and there have been occasions that slightly more complete versions of the story have been discovered, with the most recent part of the story, a fragment of the fifth tablet, having been discovered in July 2021.[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/epic-of-gilgamesh-new-verses-discovered-worlds-oldest-story-180956844/ 2015] and another in [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1286/new-gilgamesh-fragment-enkidus-sexual-exploits-dou/ 2018].
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* MissingEpisode: The story was lost for thousands of years--it wasn't until 1853 that it was rediscovered by Hormuzd Rassam. And even then, It was only after World War I that the Gilgamesh epic reached a wide audience. Parts of the story remain lost, as certain passages jump around and skip over things without reason, and there have been occasions that slightly more complete versions of the story have been discovered.discovered, with the most recent part of the story, a fragment of the fifth tablet, having been discovered in July 2021.
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* ColbertBump: General knowledge of the myth has become more well-known as [[Franchise/FateSeries several]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse prominent]] media franchises have made their own adaptations of the titular character.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''[[UpToEleven twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother]]''.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''[[UpToEleven twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother]]''. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Why can't we read]] ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot that]]'' [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Epic?!]]
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Meaning that Gilgamesh's mom managed not only to seduce a god, but to do it]] ''[[UpToEleven twice, to two different gods, each within days of eachother]]''.
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Renamed trope
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[YouFailBiologyForever [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the child.
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* MissingEpisode: The story was lost for thousands of years--it wasn't until 1853 that it was rediscovered by Hormuzd Rassam. And even then, It was only after World War I that the Gilgamesh epic reached a wide audience. Parts of the story remain lost, as certain passages jump around and skip over things without reason, and there have been occasions that slightly more complete versions of the story have been discovered.
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* MissingEpisode: The story was lost for thousands of years--it wasn't until 1853 that it was rediscovered by Hormuzd Rassam. And even then, It was only after World War I that the Gilgamesh epic reached a wide audience.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[YouFailBiologyForever a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father thechild.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The "two-thirds god" thing can be [[YouFailBiologyForever a head-scratcher]], until you learn that ancient Sumerians believed that if a woman became pregnant after sleeping with multiple partners, ''all'' of them helped father the
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* ContractualImmortality: The gods put it to a vote about whether Gilgamesh or Enkidu should die. One guess who they choose...
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