The Epic of Gilgamesh talks about the journey of seeking immortality, but the consequence seems to be opposite of what Gilgamesh wants.
Gilgamesh, a legendary king of Uruk, is two-third god and one-third man.
After the journal of the Cedar Forest, Enkidu, Gilgamesh's friend, suffered a painful death by the gods because they killed the demon Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven.
Then, Gilgamesh decided to find Utnapishtim by himself in order to have a "everlasting life."
From my point of view, Utnapishtim's flood stoory sounds ridiculous and makes him so godlike.
Even though Gilgamesh did not receive the immortality at the end of the story, his name has been remembed by his citizens of Uruk and people around the world.
Otherwise, his death proves the pattern of human beings' life.
Through living, we grieve for losing some one that we love; we experoence the striving for every achievement; still, we face the death at the end of living.
Immoetality is not a goal for human beings, but rather for gods.
Death is the fate, but the eternal story of our life can be created by ourselves for our next next next generations.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Aancient Egyptian Love Poems
Ancient Egypt, not noly gave us one of the greatest structures in the world, Pyramids, but also left people its written treasure, love poems.
The voice of the wild goose cries,
Where she has seized their bait,
But your love holds me back,
I am unable to liberate her.
I must, then, take home my net!
What shall I say to my mother,
To whom formerly I came each day
Loaded down with fowls?
I shall not set the snares today
For your love has caught me.
The writer of this poem sent readers a clear message of his emotion. In this poem, I think "the wild goose" means the ladies, and the "net" is the metaphor of the method of seducing women. What the writer tried to tell is that, after meeting his true love, other ladies become loud and noisome females for him. Because the true love let the man realize something.
Love does not mean how many pretty ladies around you but, instead, it allows you to intend to be away from other women except the one that you love.
This poem describes the emotional change of a man who was aware the coming true love and his true passion. He decided to end his lust and to clean off his formerly lovers.
After reading this poem from Ancient Egyptian Love Poems, I strongly feel the natural human emotion behind this love poem. Even though the technolog has been developed, these poems provide us the development of Egypt civilization.
The voice of the wild goose cries,
Where she has seized their bait,
But your love holds me back,
I am unable to liberate her.
I must, then, take home my net!
What shall I say to my mother,
To whom formerly I came each day
Loaded down with fowls?
I shall not set the snares today
For your love has caught me.
The writer of this poem sent readers a clear message of his emotion. In this poem, I think "the wild goose" means the ladies, and the "net" is the metaphor of the method of seducing women. What the writer tried to tell is that, after meeting his true love, other ladies become loud and noisome females for him. Because the true love let the man realize something.
Love does not mean how many pretty ladies around you but, instead, it allows you to intend to be away from other women except the one that you love.
This poem describes the emotional change of a man who was aware the coming true love and his true passion. He decided to end his lust and to clean off his formerly lovers.
After reading this poem from Ancient Egyptian Love Poems, I strongly feel the natural human emotion behind this love poem. Even though the technolog has been developed, these poems provide us the development of Egypt civilization.
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