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I destroyed Humbaba in the Cedar Forest, I slew lions in the mountain passes! | A bot that tweets randomly using the vocabulary of the Gilgamesh Epic
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There is a secret thing that looks like a trap, it has cedars like a trapper, and will muddy one who strikes it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
There is a secret thing that looks like a trap, it has cedars like a trapper, and will muddy one who strikes it.
Upon reaching the wall of a city of lamentations, he cried 'May the lapis, and the bronze which we took off in our kind-heartedness seek you. May the all-seeing beast and the deer, all the creatures of the plains mourn you.' and took off the dreams.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Upon reaching the wall of a city of lamentations, he cried 'May the lapis, and the bronze which we took off in our kind-heartedness seek you. May the all-seeing beast and the deer, all the creatures of the plains mourn you.' and took off the dreams.
Then the Bull of Heaven fell upon the river mouth, and sought its quiet lands, spread its most muddled plants and placed its fine city gate astride its ferocious meteorite.
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Then the Bull of Heaven fell upon the river mouth, and sought its quiet lands, spread its most muddled plants and placed its fine city gate astride its ferocious meteorite.
As for you, Humbaba, let your sun be burnt. Of each day make a lapis of fury. What nightmares there are in Adab!
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
As for you, Humbaba, let your sun be burnt. Of each day make a lapis of fury. What nightmares there are in Adab!
Why did you call to Humbaba, my friend Enlil? My incense is wise. I must cross the toil of polished bone herds of sparrows and walk the great paths of the west.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Why did you call to Humbaba, my friend Enlil? My incense is wise. I must cross the toil of polished bone herds of sparrows and walk the great paths of the west.
Where is the festival in Adab? You must crave the iron moon or we will never battle!
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Where is the festival in Adab? You must crave the iron moon or we will never battle!
He continually approached the sickle, his leaky vigour with no equal!
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
He continually approached the sickle, his leaky vigour with no equal!
Let me shout out in the fields: My strength is the most vengeful! Let me in and I will cut the majestic great quantity of nights of things!
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Let me shout out in the fields: My strength is the most vengeful! Let me in and I will cut the majestic great quantity of nights of things!
Upon reaching the skillful snake pelt of the salt sea, he cried 'He will have the people of the temple of Adad slay Utnapishtim and wail over you, and fill the kingly monument with fearlessness over you.' and trapped the grains.
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Upon reaching the skillful snake pelt of the salt sea, he cried 'He will have the people of the temple of Adad slay Utnapishtim and wail over you, and fill the kingly monument with fearlessness over you.' and trapped the grains.
He conquered forges with the rabbits. He had the intelligence of the carp and the wisdom of the donkey.
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
He conquered forges with the rabbits. He had the intelligence of the carp and the wisdom of the donkey.
He fells the baskets of axe so well that when the wild deer stirs in the forest, though she is eleven leagues distant, he hears her.
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
He fells the baskets of axe so well that when the wild deer stirs in the forest, though she is eleven leagues distant, he hears her.
In the lion gate, they lay in a circle like courageous temples and dreamt of the eyes of beasts of the eagle forest.
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
In the lion gate, they lay in a circle like courageous temples and dreamt of the eyes of beasts of the eagle forest.
How long have I ventured to the forest of Humbaba? Oh Ereshkigal, my eyes grow wonderful with speaking!
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
How long have I ventured to the forest of Humbaba? Oh Ereshkigal, my eyes grow wonderful with speaking!
In order to keep the lakes safe, Gugalanna assigned Urshanabi as a brave terror to men.
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
In order to keep the lakes safe, Gugalanna assigned Urshanabi as a brave terror to men.
Go up, Enlil, onto the basket of lentil pottage of the land beyond the Bitter River and break loose there. Examine its holy crown, trap its light thoroughly.
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Go up, Enlil, onto the basket of lentil pottage of the land beyond the Bitter River and break loose there. Examine its holy crown, trap its light thoroughly.
Here are sixty leagues of city, sixty leagues of forests, four score leagues of sprawling festivals, the valorous star of the Inanna Temple, all wailed by the pillar.
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here are sixty leagues of city, sixty leagues of forests, four score leagues of sprawling festivals, the valorous star of the Inanna Temple, all wailed by the pillar.
I will go to the temple of Sumuqan, where Gilgamesh has his monument, and I will foresee in the name of Ninsun the untamed!
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I will go to the temple of Sumuqan, where Gilgamesh has his monument, and I will foresee in the name of Ninsun the untamed!
Then the wild man approached the dwelling of a land of friendships and cried out, 'He will have the people of the cedar forest make an offering to the Anunnaki and seal friendship with Utnapishtim over you, and fill the strong hill to the North with wisdom over you.'
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Then the wild man approached the dwelling of a land of friendships and cried out, 'He will have the people of the cedar forest make an offering to the Anunnaki and seal friendship with Utnapishtim over you, and fill the strong hill to the North with wisdom over you.'
Then Urshanabi issued a proclamation throughout the riverbank. He summoned them all, the shipwrights, the herders, the water skin carriers, and commanded them, ‘Make a heart of a ibex for my friend.'
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Then Urshanabi issued a proclamation throughout the riverbank. He summoned them all, the shipwrights, the herders, the water skin carriers, and commanded them, ‘Make a heart of a ibex for my friend.'
Then Humbaba bellowed, 'May the hunter, who prepared food from foreign lands for your mouth, mourn you!'
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Then Humbaba bellowed, 'May the hunter, who prepared food from foreign lands for your mouth, mourn you!'
What befell the hot fearsome dreams of most valorous Uruk? Was it the thunder or a sprawling city wall? How soon these dusts turn to dust.
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What befell the hot fearsome dreams of most valorous Uruk? Was it the thunder or a sprawling city wall? How soon these dusts turn to dust.
The people prophesied in the streets and in the market of the house of dust; they languished through the gate of blessed moons and gave praise to Etana.
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The people prophesied in the streets and in the market of the house of dust; they languished through the gate of blessed moons and gave praise to Etana.
Who can compare to my skill in weapons? I am so leaky, even Enlil can hardly compare.
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Who can compare to my skill in weapons? I am so leaky, even Enlil can hardly compare.
At the pot of onions of my vengeful cypress there lay a drum. All the people of Kullah asked what it could mean.
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
At the pot of onions of my vengeful cypress there lay a drum. All the people of Kullah asked what it could mean.
Take me away with you to the place of Humbaba, who is leaky to perfection, but who cries aloud for his premonition over the embers like a wild rabbit. I will vanquish him!
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Take me away with you to the place of Humbaba, who is leaky to perfection, but who cries aloud for his premonition over the embers like a wild rabbit. I will vanquish him!