Gilgamesh in popular culture

Encyclopedia : G : GI : GIL : Gilgamesh in popular culture

The Sumerian hero-king Gilgamesh has inspired several works in modern popular culture:

Contents

Direct adaptations

Gilgamesh the King and To the Land of the Living by Robert Silverberg. Silverberg also contributed works of short fiction concerning Gilgamesh to the Heroes in Hell shared world series of Bangsian fantasy.
The Epic of Gilgamesh, choral work by the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu.
The book How like a god by Brenda W. Clough is based on the epic.
Gilgamesh, an opera by Serbian composer Rudolf Brucci based on the Epic.
Gilgamesh, by the film director Roger Christian (Pre-production).
Gilgamesh', 1.5 hour adaptation as a radio play on Radio 3, first broadcast 11th June 2006 [link]
The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Beginnings to A.D. 100, Volume A, Second Edition pp. 10-12.

In the Marvel Comics universe, a character known as the Forgotten One claimed to have been the historical Gilgamesh.
"Project Gilgamesh" attempts to create a supersoldier, but instead creates a villain named Bane, in .
"Gilgamesh II", a four-issue limited series comic book published by DC Comics in 1989, featured an powerful being of unknown origin who discovers a wild brother, who then dies; the hero eventually becomes separated from humanity and, with only aliens for company, chooses to vanish into a void.
"Gilgamesh Wulfenbach" is a character in Phil and Kaja Foglio's series of Girl Genius comics.
"Gilgamesh" is an Argentinean comic book series by Robin Wood.

In Golem XIV by Stanisław Lem, GILGAMESH is the name of the first self-programmable (and eventually intellectual) computer.
Gilgamesh appeared in Timewyrm: Genesys, the first novel of the Doctor Who New Adventures.
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje contains themes from "The Epic of Gilgamesh".
"Gil Gamesh" is a major character in Philip Roth's novel The Great American Novel. In the book, Gamesh is a sinister, Babylonian pitcher who attempts to kill an umpire.
"Gilgamesh" is a character in David Gemmell's Sipstrassi Stones series of books.
Gilgamesh is the name of a planet in H. Beam Piper's Terro-Human Future History

"Gilgamesh" is a Japanese rock band.
"Gilgamesh" were a British band 1972 - 1978. They released two albums "Gilgamesh" (1975) and "Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into" (1978)
Gilgamesh is the name of a Sydney (Australia) ska/punk band in the early to mid 1990s. They released an album called 'Land of the Long White Shaft' & an EP called 'Vulgar Display of Ass'. Both were independent releases.
"The Tomb of Gilgamesh" is a song by Tourniquet from their album "Microscopic view of a telescopic realm", wherein Gilgamesh repents from his deeds.

"Gilgamesh" is also a character in TV series .
Darmok, an episode of is inspired by the tale of Gilgamesh.
"Gilgamesh" is one of the answers in John Locke's crossword in the Lost episode Collision
In , Gilgamesh was rumored to be the first immortal ever recorded by a "watcher", and would be the sole reason behind the formation of the watcher organization.

You can edit your party in Gilgamesh's Tavern in the classic computer game Wizardry.
The hero of Namco's Tower of Druaga and its sequels is also named Gilgamesh.
"Gilgamesh" appears in various incarnations in the Final Fantasy video game series.
In Namco's Tales of Symphonia, a title Zelos Wilder can earn.
Gill (Street Fighter), his name alludes to Gilgamesh because of the Babel tower or Ziggurat artisticaly painted on his endings and those of his brother, Urien.
Final Fantasy, which includes artistic depictions of Gilgamesh guardian Forces
In Sid Meier's Civilization III Conquests, the Sumerian civilization (Agricultural and Scientific) is lead by Gilgamesh.

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.