Henderson’s first characteristic is the hero’s “miraculous but humble birth” (110). The epic does not tell us about Gilgamesh’s birth. It may be miraculous, since he is two-thirds divine and only one-third mortal; indeed, from a biological standpoint it would have to be.This is what happens when I have to write fifteen pages for a class that I find
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