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Gilgamesh, Mythical Hero of an Epic Adventure (rebroadcast)

Gilgamesh, Mythical Hero of an Epic Adventure (rebroadcast)

FromThe Hermetic Hour


Gilgamesh, Mythical Hero of an Epic Adventure (rebroadcast)

FromThe Hermetic Hour

ratings:
Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jul 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On Thursday October 5th, 2017 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon joined by Frater Soun, Magister of Ubar Lodge in Dallas, will air a discussion on the evolution of the the Solar Hero in mythology from the Sumerian Gilgamesh who was the model for the Phoenician Melqart, who in turn inspired the Greek Heracles. Gilgamesh is a four thousand year old epic adventure story which circulated throughout the whole Middle East with copies found among the Hittites and the Canaanites. Even as Ishtar and Tammuz were translated into Astarte and Ba'al, and subsequently became Aphrodite and Adonis. Gilgamesh like Hercules slays a lion, a bull, a giant and many-headed monster. His victories and Hercules' labours are seen as representing the sun's yearly progress through the signs of the Zodiac. So tune in and we'll go back to the  days of myth and legend and make our way through "The Circle of the Beasts" as the Zodiac was originally called.
Released:
Jul 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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