Connecting 3 Myths With Gilgamesh (3)

Myths Read: 1. The Sphinx 2. The Centaurus. 3. The Pygmies

The Sphinx: A man named Edipus was left by his parents when little. When he was a grown up the Sphinx who was a creature who told riddles (if you accerted you "passed" if you didnt you would die) asked him the same that poepla could never answer. But actually he did answer it correctly, everyine gave him gratitude and love. he later married the queen (not knowing that she was his own mother). But years later the secret was discivered and they both ended up with thier lives.

The Centaurus: Talks about the centaurus and how important they were at that time. Chiron was one of them, he was instructed by Apollo and Diana. was clearly known for his skills in hunting, medicine, music, and the art of phropecy. One day he got killed and considering he was the wisest and most fair he was placed in the constellation as a star at the constellation Sagitarius.

The Pygmies: Deals with a nation of dwarfs or pygmies that lived near the sources of the nile. Their ferocious enemies are the Cranes and they always fight for land and honor. These theme is important because it is used to create several works of art.

All these three myths are similar to Gilgamesh beacause they deal with monsters and satrnge creatures that either poeple hate or love. A great example of this in the book Gilgamesh is Huwawa it is a being that everybody wanted ot fight, but was very dangerous at the same time. Mthological creatures like Sphinks also are metioned and they a really influential in the writinf now a days. Most of the time the end up killed by a big warrior like Gilgamesh and Enkide di to Huwawa and the Centaurus ended uo dead too. But these creatures willl always be remembered and known.