54B-Gilgamesh: Huge

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Gilgamesh and his new best friend are heading out on an adventure to fight a firebreathing giant named "Hugeness the Terrible." Also there's a giant deadly bull fight, talk of zombies, some tiny shoes, and light hand-holding. If those things don't make you want to listen to this episode I can't think of anything else that would. The creature this week is splinter cat, the enemy of arboretums everywhere. The Myths and Legends store is now up! Check it out at http://www.mythpodcast.com/store Say hi to me on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/jasontheweiser Music: "LA" by Podington Bear "Insatiable Toad" by Blue Dot Sessions "In the Back Room" by Blue Dot Sessions "Great is the Contessa" by Blue Dot Sessions "Gnossienne 3" by Podington Bear "Gnossienne 4" by Podington Bear "Dark Wonder" by Julie Maxwell "The Group of Girls Die First" by Keshco "Direct to Video" by Chris Zabriskie

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0:00.0	Real quickly, there's some more adult stuff this week. Check out the post on mythpodcast.com
0:04.4	for more info. This week, on the Mythos and Legends podcast, we're continuing the Epic of Gilgamesh,
0:10.1	an ancient Sumerian story. You'll see that if you're an epic adventurer, about to leave to fight
0:14.5	the greatest battle of your life, that you should bring some tiny shoes with you. Because apparently
0:20.0	big bad guys love tiny shoes. Then, on the creature of the week, it's Splinter Cat. He's a hard-headed,
0:26.6	serious cat, who would be terrifying to a whole race of Lord of the Rings characters.
0:36.0	This is the Mythos and Legends podcast, Episode 45b. Huge.
0:44.9	This is a podcast where I tell stories from folklore. Some are incredibly popular stories you think
0:49.7	you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories you might not have heard, but really should.
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1:15.4	this podcast, Gilgamesh was the king of the sprawling city of Uruk. And he was pretty soundly
1:21.9	detested by his people, so they cried out to their goddess and she brought them Inkyu,
1:26.5	who would help deliver them. There was a brawl between Gilgamesh and Inkyu,
1:30.8	which led to them becoming best friends and Gilgamesh changed in his ways. They both learned
1:36.0	that they would die someday, so in an effort to have their names live on, they decided to go to
1:40.5	the great Cedar Forest and fight a fire-breathing giant named Humbapa, or Hugeness, and bring back
1:47.7	lumber and build walls for the city of Uruk. The blacksmith was anxious. Rumor had it that Gilgamesh
2:04.7	was a changed demigod. He didn't murder people over perceived slights, or demand,
2:10.3	really, vile rights anymore. Ever since this other hairy musly gentleman arrived in Uruk,
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