Lugalbanda was a deified Sumerian king of Uruk who, according to various sources of Mesopotamian literature, was the father of Gilgamesh. Early sources...

admits defeat and submits to Enmerkar. In the lugalbanda poems (Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave and Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird or a version that is a mixture...

Aratta is a land that appears in Sumerian myths surrounding Enmerkar and Lugalbanda, two early and possibly mythical kings of Uruk also mentioned on the Sumerian...

Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave (or Lugalbanda I, Lugalbanda in the Wilderness) is a Sumerian mythological account. It is one of the four known stories...

as the mother of the hero Gilgamesh and wife of deified legendary king Lugalbanda, and appears in this role in most versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh. She...

Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird (or Lugalbanda II, The Return of Lugalbanda, Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird) is a Sumerian mythological account. The story is...

literature refer to Ninkasi, for example the myths Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave and Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird. A hymn dedicated to her, known simply...

Gilgamesh. Enmerkar and Lugalbanda: Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta and Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana as well as two tales of Lugalbanda during Enmerkar's campaign...

Netherworld. Anzu appears in the Sumerian Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird (also called: The Return of Lugalbanda). The shorter Old Babylonian version was...

the Lord of Aratta Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana Lugalbanda of Uruk Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird Dumuzid and Gilgamesh of...