ENKIDU And The Woman SHAMKAT

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This is one of my favorite episodes from the Babylonian EPIC OF GILGAMESH. I think it needs to be pointed out that the story of Gilgamesh originated in Sumer, and we do have cuneiform tablets of parts of it in Sumerian, but most of what we know comes from cuneiform tablets written much later in Akkadian and Old Babylonian. These are Semitic languages (related to modern Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Ethiopic, among others) and they are quite different from Sumerian which is a “language isolate” unrelated to any known tongue. In this particular video, I am singing parts of the Babylonian EPIC OF GILGAMESH in Old Babylonian, although the story itself comes to us from ancient Sumer.
The hero Enkidu, who had been raised in the wild and lived his life with animals, meets a woman for the first time. What follows is not difficult to imagine. According to the cuneiform tablets, the two of them made love non-stop for one whole week, during which time Enkidu “remains erect”. Something the medical profession today would undoubtedly consider a medical emergency!
After their marathon love-making session, the woman introduces Enkidu to the delights of civilization. Since Enkidu had never worn clothes, she takes off her own clothes, divides them into two parts, puts one part on herself and dresses Enkidu in the other part. She then offers to take Enkidu into the great city of Uruk, and this is where he will later meet Gilgamesh, the King of Uruk.
Traditional translations of the Babylonian cuneiform tablets refer to the woman as a “harlot”. This is a rather outdated and quaint word for a “fallen woman”, which does not at all describe the individual I call “Shamkat”. The English language does not have a word to describe this woman that does not carry all sorts of negative and highly judgmental connotations. The fact is, she must have been quite an amazing creature! Had it not been for her, Enkidu would never have become the hero, adventurer, and companion of Gilgamesh that he eventually became.
It is worth noting, for those who are unfamiliar with the Epic, that when Gilgamesh and Enkidu finally meet, they get into a massive fight that busts up half the city of Uruk. That is another chapter of the story I would love to do sometime.
I used two musical instruments in this video, both of them Anatolian. The main instrument is the Turkish long-neck lute known as the saz (or baglama), and the other is the double reed wind instrument known as the “zurna”. Both the saz and the zurna are similar to the ancient instruments of Anatolia and Mesopotamia, and they have changed very little in 5000 years. Unfortunately, although I do play the zurna, it’s not possible to play any wind instrument and sing at the same time. What I have done is to sample the instrument, and use it as a drone which I can control, in performance, with a foot pedal keyboard. There are no overdubs, pre-records, or add-ons in this video. It was all performed live, just as you see it.
I would like to thank Andrew George, Professor Emeritus of Babylonian at the University of London. His extraordinary work on the Babylonian Epic Of Gilgamesh is, for me, an endless source of inspiration.

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  • @teddyzorro
    @teddyzorro11 ай бұрын

    ...Exactly how much money would we need to throw at you and the University of London to fund a full performance of the epic of Gilgamesh?

  • @Kitsaplorax

    @Kitsaplorax

    11 ай бұрын

    I saw Samuel Noah Kramer and Diana Wolkstein do their version c. 1986. It would be worth every penny for Peters performance.

  • @elihinze3161

    @elihinze3161

    11 ай бұрын

    I would legitimately travel continents to see this performed. 👀

  • @kristenrosales2919

    @kristenrosales2919

    10 ай бұрын

    My thoughts exactly!!!

  • @awatefibrahim8878

    @awatefibrahim8878

    10 ай бұрын

    So beautiful ❤

  • @TankdozerCavalry

    @TankdozerCavalry

    10 ай бұрын

    The Epic of Gofundhimish

  • @IlluminatiCheckerboardflooring
    @IlluminatiCheckerboardflooring8 ай бұрын

    “If effects last longer than 7 days and 7 nights, contact your local Ziggurat priest”

  • @joehill4094

    @joehill4094

    2 күн бұрын

    Shakmat was a ziggurat priestess lol

  • @leifmanson7599

    @leifmanson7599

    10 сағат бұрын

    @@joehill4094 That's what they called them back then.

  • @htimelines1089
    @htimelines108911 ай бұрын

    honey wake up bronze age meme material increased by 50 percent

  • @KuopassaTv

    @KuopassaTv

    11 ай бұрын

    Pure copper

  • @malahamavet

    @malahamavet

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@KuopassaTvand the fine quality kind 👌

  • @Jonnygurudesigns

    @Jonnygurudesigns

    11 ай бұрын

    Hahahaaha

  • @Jonnygurudesigns

    @Jonnygurudesigns

    11 ай бұрын

    @@KuopassaTv hilarious 😂

  • @theeccentrictripper3863

    @theeccentrictripper3863

    11 ай бұрын

    We don't even have to go through enemy lands to get it, we are blessed by Enki

  • @Lady_Flashheart40
    @Lady_Flashheart4010 ай бұрын

    "Today's music is so vulgar! Ancient music was so wholesome and pure!" *Listens to an ancient song about Enkidu getting his freak on*

  • @Justice_Dignity

    @Justice_Dignity

    25 күн бұрын

    Of course they always bad and good no matter what time but the difference is. Which one is more than the other. Or which one is in the front image. For example when you think of america what come to mind? for me its degeneracy and corruption but that doesn't mean there is no good in America its just the amount of degeneracy covered the goods. Its the truth. Or that's the image you are making the way your people represent yourself into the world. "The way they represent themselves to the world" of course we need to know what they actually are, it could be right or wrong. But the image you gave to the world about your nation have been created through fake news or through the peoples behaviour

  • @sirmiles1820

    @sirmiles1820

    18 күн бұрын

    Their concerts were all live action no electronic editing of voices and sounds.

  • @user-sg9rx2vj8d

    @user-sg9rx2vj8d

    8 күн бұрын

    So true

  • @leifmanson7599

    @leifmanson7599

    10 сағат бұрын

    @@sirmiles1820 Milli Vanilli would not have survived.

  • @joe_ita
    @joe_ita11 ай бұрын

    Shout-out to this Urukan temptress for elevating Gilgamesh' deuteragonist to sapience. IT SLAPS

  • @kiltedcripple

    @kiltedcripple

    10 ай бұрын

    Strong word, deuteragonist. You don't see it on social media very often.

  • @David.C.Velasquez

    @David.C.Velasquez

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kiltedcripple My first time seeing it outside of an ancient literature course covering Gilgamesh 30 years ago... :)

  • @joe_ita

    @joe_ita

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kiltedcripple I wrote it because I felt particularly inspired by the music hahaha

  • @Drak976

    @Drak976

    10 ай бұрын

    Just like her gentles did every night./

  • @iwhu707

    @iwhu707

    Ай бұрын

    @@kiltedcrippleNot going to lie I first heard about it in reference to Portal 2.

  • @metaphonyenjoyer4386
    @metaphonyenjoyer438611 ай бұрын

    BABE WAKE UP PETER PRINGLE DROPPED ANOTHER SUMERIAN BANGER

  • @diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754

    @diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754

    3 ай бұрын

    *Le moi just now:* WAIT WHAT!?!?!?!

  • @vilebeggar6026

    @vilebeggar6026

    Ай бұрын

    @@diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754 its just moi but yes

  • @chrissweet394

    @chrissweet394

    27 күн бұрын

    I have been awakened by Peter Pringle

  • @bullwinkle8266
    @bullwinkle826611 ай бұрын

    This rendition is the closest we have to a time machine. In 5 minutes, I was able to experience life 4500 years ago. Thank you.

  • @mortalclown3812

    @mortalclown3812

    10 ай бұрын

    Beautifully put. Images of Apuleius and Boccaccio both came to mind - epic, unrelenting, sexy tales for the cosmic pulse, but they're modern by comparison. The metronome itself may be ancient cousin to what was found at Antikythera.

  • @darkranger116

    @darkranger116

    10 ай бұрын

    Music and language, a way of preserving moments in time for others to enjoy beyond our own era. Hoping that there will always be someone to carry it forward.

  • @emIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

    @emIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

    7 ай бұрын

    I remember I got my spine snapped by Gilgamesh

  • @mydogbullwinkle

    @mydogbullwinkle

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey cuz!

  • @bullwinkle8266

    @bullwinkle8266

    6 ай бұрын

    @@mydogbullwinkle Greetings! Good to hear from you.

  • @randomnotes
    @randomnotes11 ай бұрын

    Peter you are a national treasure! Bringing ancient history to life like no-one else.

  • @marendur

    @marendur

    10 ай бұрын

    I'm from Brazil. I think this guy is world treaasure. Trully one of kind.

  • @randomnotes

    @randomnotes

    10 ай бұрын

    @@marendur You are right, Sir!

  • @Thefungusjunkyard

    @Thefungusjunkyard

    10 ай бұрын

    Protect this man at all costs!

  • @Mindsi

    @Mindsi

    10 ай бұрын

    And Irving Finkel🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @vvMiguelAngelvv
    @vvMiguelAngelvv11 ай бұрын

    Enkidu, tamed by the amatory arts of the beautiful Šhamhat, the hierodule. She had him for six days and seven (7) nights in the joy of her arms. Then something changed in him. Enkidu knew it when he once tried to get closer to his usual friends, these just by sniffing him in the breeze, or seeing him in the distance, they fled in terror. What had happened? Šhamhat, took the lover to the mountain camp. There he bit into the freshly baked bread, tasted the beer and covered himself with robes. While in the background, the music, the laughter, the songs, the stories of the shepherds and the trappers. Šhámhat, matchless, sweet, sweet teacher. Eros as a trigger for conscience, guilt and civilization! Sound familiar? Only a little...?

  • @fridericusrex1153

    @fridericusrex1153

    11 ай бұрын

    No.

  • @rigajykra3159

    @rigajykra3159

    11 ай бұрын

    Epic of Gilgamesh is a powerful story. It is extremely deep in its expression of the human condition and desires and values.

  • @lookoutforchris

    @lookoutforchris

    10 ай бұрын

    @@fridericusrex1153then you’re not from western civilization.

  • @oliwyrm

    @oliwyrm

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@lookoutforchriswhat is this in reference to other than the epic of gilgamesh

  • @IAmManWithTheGun

    @IAmManWithTheGun

    10 ай бұрын

    @@lookoutforchristhis is so fun, that western civilization was born in the east

  • @starstoryteller
    @starstoryteller11 ай бұрын

    Endiku is off to stop Gilgamesh from banging brides before their grooms can. 😂

  • @LRZephyr
    @LRZephyr11 ай бұрын

    This song in a nutshell: Enkidu was just built different

  • @CristiNeagu
    @CristiNeagu11 ай бұрын

    Stories that are so old... And it looks like a lot of our fairy tales and old stories are extremely old, dating back to that time of around 12,000 years ago. The Beauty and the Beast, for example, is a very old story, and we can find it popping up in cultures all over the world, pointing to a very old common source. I think that the people keeping these stories alive are the ones that keep the soul of our civilization alive. Interesting that for some reason I thought about the tale of the Beauty and the Beast, because that's what this song is. Shamkat is the Beauty, Enkidu is the beast. And by virtue of her being a woman, Shamkat tames Enkidu, just like how the Beauty turned the Beast back into a prince. Shamkat sharing her clothes with him is her making him a civilized man, because clothes are what differentiates us from animals. One might also recall that in the Garden of Eden, God knows Adam and Eve have ate from the tree of knowledge because they were wearing clothes. It's interesting how all these stories are connected, isn't it? Almost like they part of one great narrative that's just outside of our grasp.

  • @spasjt

    @spasjt

    10 ай бұрын

    A most excellent parallelism.

  • @lxdr1f792

    @lxdr1f792

    10 ай бұрын

    Coincidentally about 12 thousand years ago the North Star was Vega in the constellation of the Lyre.

  • @IAmAlpharius20

    @IAmAlpharius20

    4 ай бұрын

    Maybe cause it's true.

  • @CristiNeagu

    @CristiNeagu

    3 ай бұрын

    @@andream8234Maybe, but just like Hamlet which is set in Denmark, it is a very old story that shows up time after time. And the reason why it's been carried through the ages for such a long time is exactly because it has a fundamental truth about humanity that makes it repeat throughout history. With The Beauty and the Beast, it's something that every man and woman experience as they become a couple and eventually get married. It takes a woman for a young man to transitions from this wild animal that is trying to impress society and chase after women and fame left and right into a stable man that can support a household. Literally every traditional marriage is The Beauty and the Beast happening all over again. That's why the story is so old.

  • @veroniquecelia9422

    @veroniquecelia9422

    Ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @spooncriminal8792
    @spooncriminal879211 ай бұрын

    We makin it to the Fertile crescent with this one🔥🔥🔥

  • @beautifullifeform4360

    @beautifullifeform4360

    11 ай бұрын

    putting the "fertile" in fertile crescent

  • @franciszekwiniarski3383
    @franciszekwiniarski338311 ай бұрын

    Enkidu, without a doubt, had the power

  • @HangrySaturn

    @HangrySaturn

    21 күн бұрын

    Nice

  • @barbaricvm0
    @barbaricvm011 ай бұрын

    I don't know how we can ever reward Peter for the work he is doing, no medal or any kind of other prize is worthy for this master of art. All I can say is THANK YOU for your dedication through the years, I have been following your work for some time and I can only say that you never disappoint.

  • @Faus4us

    @Faus4us

    10 ай бұрын

    Pass it on. Keep it alive. That's exactly what he is doing.

  • @JohnnyUtah13
    @JohnnyUtah1311 ай бұрын

    This music touches something deep inside of my soul. I can't explain it. I can picture these ancient people sitting around a fire telling these stories. It takes you there. Thank you for another great piece!

  • @byjamie-hillierrubis

    @byjamie-hillierrubis

    11 ай бұрын

    You were probably there, doubtless many of us were. 💖🙏💫

  • @PauloCesar-rn7jq

    @PauloCesar-rn7jq

    11 ай бұрын

    😆

  • @justic828

    @justic828

    11 ай бұрын

    They naver sit around fire lamo

  • @CristiNeagu

    @CristiNeagu

    11 ай бұрын

    I can picture Enkidu facing Gilgamesh, in the same surreal style of the movie 300. Gilgamesh wearing his Sumerian weaved beard, just like the Lamassu in the background of this video, with his high crown. And Enkidu appearing as a wild man, but strong and proud. I believe that before writing was a thing, our ancestors passed knowledge in the form of stories. We still do that, in a way, with mnemonics. "Red sky at night, shepherd's delight". A short story that stick in your mind that conveys deeper meaning. To me, this story is the same as Beauty and the Beast, showing us how the role of women is to tame the wildness of men, and make men civilized and worthy of challenging kings. It's a story as old as humanity. Men without the gentle touch of a woman are nothing but wild beasts.

  • @GreeneyedApe

    @GreeneyedApe

    11 ай бұрын

    I feel the same. I think part of it is the acoustics like you are present in a great hall listening to the minstrel, part of it is simply that we associate this musical style with old and exotic epochs which inspire us, and the other part is that he sings like a true sacred bard, who cares about the stories he is telling, and feels every word. The ancient equivalent of playing music with "soul".

  • @CountSpiffula
    @CountSpiffula10 ай бұрын

    On paper it’s so dry. I love how you’re breathing life into these ancient scriptures. Thank you so much, Peter Pringle. I always look forward to a new upload to your channel.

  • @camilrodriguezc
    @camilrodriguezc9 ай бұрын

    Babe wake up, New Epic of Gilgamesh episode just dropped

  • @MrAwsomenoob
    @MrAwsomenoob11 ай бұрын

    That Urukssy so good it took the wild out of our boy.

  • @bachelorchownowwithflavor3712
    @bachelorchownowwithflavor371211 ай бұрын

    Seven days and seven nights...they sure don't make 'em like they used to, man or woman. Seriously though, this was spectacular. Thank you Peter.

  • @comicstrider4851

    @comicstrider4851

    9 ай бұрын

    Enkidu was supposedly hand-crafted by the gods, so you're not wrong

  • @thedemonhater7748

    @thedemonhater7748

    3 ай бұрын

    Enki was specifically sculpted by the gods to fight a demigod warrior king and Shamkat was so good at sex she got hired by a temple to perform their fertility rites

  • @jessiesewell4076

    @jessiesewell4076

    15 күн бұрын

    ​@@comicstrider4851He's the OG manimal 🤣

  • @Sergeant_Viper_B
    @Sergeant_Viper_B9 ай бұрын

    damn bro Enkidu lasted longer than me 💀

  • @pietrosmusi6348
    @pietrosmusi634810 ай бұрын

    I didn't know you were still posting videos. You're the reason why I started to learn sumerian and your work is amazing... thank you peter

  • @daleblue22

    @daleblue22

    10 ай бұрын

    Duuuude. Sumerian is quite complex.

  • @pietrosmusi6348

    @pietrosmusi6348

    10 ай бұрын

    @@daleblue22 I know but I like it, I kind of learnt a few things already

  • @daleblue22

    @daleblue22

    10 ай бұрын

    @pietrosmusi6348 The cuneiform is another amazing. I love it. Getting a tattoo this year 🤪

  • @pietrosmusi6348

    @pietrosmusi6348

    10 ай бұрын

    @@daleblue22 please do, that sounds awesome

  • @daleblue22

    @daleblue22

    10 ай бұрын

    @@pietrosmusi6348 heil Enki. Enki is God!!!

  • @judgeholden6761
    @judgeholden676111 ай бұрын

    No word of a lie, I saw the title and thought this was going to be a song about their graphic week-long session.

  • @CelestialChorus9827
    @CelestialChorus982711 ай бұрын

    Thank you Peter, another amazing piece! Please keep making these ❤

  • @byjamie-hillierrubis

    @byjamie-hillierrubis

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes, please do Peter, this sounds like a prayer to the Divine within and feels as old as the Gayatri. Om Namah Shivaya, dear beloved. ☘ 💖🙏💫

  • @thefatherinthecave943
    @thefatherinthecave9432 ай бұрын

    1:26 look at that sly smile. He knows this part is about to slay

  • @VidkunQL
    @VidkunQL9 ай бұрын

    One of my favorite parts of the Epic is when Enkidu sees his doom approaching, and curses the woman who lured him out of the woods and set him on this path. Then the goddess who made him appears and reminds him that the woman led him to have Gilgamesh as a friend, and Enkidu is ashamed and follows his curse with a blessing. To reduce the beautiful poetry, the curse is "you shall be reviled by all decent people as a whore", and the blessing is "you shall be loved above all others".

  • @stroodlepup

    @stroodlepup

    7 ай бұрын

    "Shamkat, that hoe got me lacking" "Sure but she introduced gil, you main homie" "Aight, fair"

  • @princeofheaven13
    @princeofheaven1310 ай бұрын

    Is there a Sumerian reconstruction of the Epic of Gilgamesh? I would love to buy an album of you sing the whole epic in Sumerian. It would also be cool to see a video with the text translated in English as the word are sung as apposed to an English language sentence structure translation. Bless you and your work of bringing ancient texts back to life. It stirs the soul.

  • @R28rus

    @R28rus

    5 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately, no one really knows what the Sumerian sounded like. People only studied it through Akkadian so that it's original pronunciation can be different and we're also probably missing like half of the vowels so...

  • @gabrieloberleitner1799
    @gabrieloberleitner179910 ай бұрын

    0:10 i like to imagine this is real time footage and Peter just has the power to materialize out of thin air.

  • @anishkumbhar6205
    @anishkumbhar620511 ай бұрын

    I HAVE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE AND I DON'T HOW PRAISE THIS MASTERPIECE

  • @davidlemos1136
    @davidlemos11369 ай бұрын

    I am just happy for my bro Enkidu, he scored!

  • @JeiFaeKlubs
    @JeiFaeKlubs10 ай бұрын

    I'm about to write my bachelor's thesis on some neoassyrian literary texts, and I expect these peter pringle songs will just play in the background the whole 9 weeks :D What a gift to bring these ancient words to life again

  • @asherroodcreel640

    @asherroodcreel640

    5 ай бұрын

    How'd it go?

  • @JeiFaeKlubs

    @JeiFaeKlubs

    5 ай бұрын

    @@asherroodcreel640 pretty good, thanks for asking haha The music did run in the background for a lot of the writing ^^

  • @asherroodcreel640

    @asherroodcreel640

    5 ай бұрын

    @@JeiFaeKlubs can I read it anywhere?

  • @JeiFaeKlubs

    @JeiFaeKlubs

    5 ай бұрын

    @@asherroodcreel640 Not at the moment, no. It'd also be in german. But if it ever makes its way into some form of publication I will let you know :)

  • @asherroodcreel640

    @asherroodcreel640

    5 ай бұрын

    @@JeiFaeKlubs how'd you choose what to write about?

  • @draft13
    @draft1311 ай бұрын

    I WOULD PAY FOR THESE SONGS. Please release on streaming or even vinyl!

  • @theeccentrictripper3863

    @theeccentrictripper3863

    11 ай бұрын

    If he got someone to produce a vinyl record of all his stuff I would pay any amount of money for it, this man deserves to be richer than Croesus

  • @ACBStudios

    @ACBStudios

    11 ай бұрын

    He has some of them available to download on his site.

  • @fabiofaini3071

    @fabiofaini3071

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@ACBStudios he has a site?

  • @draft13

    @draft13

    10 ай бұрын

    @@fabiofaini3071 !!!

  • @ACBStudios

    @ACBStudios

    10 ай бұрын

    @@fabiofaini3071 He used to but it seems to no longer be available. He linked it as recently as his Lyre of Megiddo video, so he may not be aware that it's down.

  • @vizzwizz
    @vizzwizz11 ай бұрын

    no viagra back then, but if they had music like this, can't blame a fella for staying in the mood

  • @Mark-xh8md
    @Mark-xh8md10 ай бұрын

    Dude had a hard-on for seven days and nights! That's quite the achievement :P Excellently well done, btw! As someone else said: Your videos are the closest we have to a time machine

  • @Roddy_Zeh
    @Roddy_Zeh11 ай бұрын

    The legend returns to drop another banger. 🍷🗿 Thanks, Peter.

  • @amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849
    @amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi884911 ай бұрын

    Wake up babe, new Peter Pringle just dropped!

  • @raxit1337
    @raxit133710 ай бұрын

    Hey Peter! I've never been a big reader. But your work here on KZread inspired me to buy the Epic of Gilgamesh and read it from start to finish. Thank you!

  • @yeppiesheppie
    @yeppiesheppie11 ай бұрын

    Allow me to join the voices of those who sing your praises. Thank you, thank you for your beautiful, detailed, and exhaustive presentations.

  • @Andrea-xs4ny
    @Andrea-xs4ny11 ай бұрын

    I love your videos. Did you study under somebody to be able to sing in this style? How long did it take to master it? Your singing and playing of ancient instruments is simply mesmerizing. I imagine that there aren't many, especially Westerners, who are doing what you do. Thank you for sharing your gift with us. I really enjoyed Enkidu's origin story. :-)

  • @Nyctophora
    @Nyctophora11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for yet more music of this wonderful place in history, this wonderful heritage that I feel in my bones. Thank you too for the insightful explanation into the person of the woman, Shamkat, without denigrating her for her actions!

  • @Necrontir
    @Necrontir11 ай бұрын

    While you singing I literally saw the events that discribed: Women, and Enkidu that went down main Avenue of the Uruk . It's a miracle made by you. Many thanks and all the best.

  • @who167
    @who1678 ай бұрын

    What I love about your Akkadian videos is that I can find some words that remained in other semitic languages. For example, in 1:18, the word born is "yualdo", in Hebrew the root for birth related things is Y.L.D, as well as for a kid, so the word for a woman giving birth in the past, 3rd person, is "Yalda" . Arabic has a similar root for a kid, W.L.D, but I don't know a word for giving birth in Arabic that retains this root.

  • @prometheus_beard
    @prometheus_beard11 ай бұрын

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, these songs are transporting. Many feel it. Amazing.

  • @tomroz5046
    @tomroz504610 ай бұрын

    Protect this man at all cost! What a wonderful artist. This is pure magic!

  • @sylvaind9086
    @sylvaind908610 ай бұрын

    Peter, you really make us experience ancient history the way no book could ever do.

  • @ravenwolf7128
    @ravenwolf712811 ай бұрын

    Ah, thank you, Peter, for another beautiful hypnotic performance, for which you are gifted in bringing to life for us these ancient epics. It is like walking through time to see in front of my minds eye the whole splendid story fresh and alive.... ❤❤❤...

  • @missadventuresmotorcycledi2773

    @missadventuresmotorcycledi2773

    10 ай бұрын

    Totally agree, Peter is an amazing Talent.

  • @EpikNyan
    @EpikNyan10 ай бұрын

    Would love to see Peter one day complete the Epic of Gilgamesh in song form! What a great treasure this man is for our ears and understanding of historical storytelling context

  • @bugrahanduymaz3159
    @bugrahanduymaz315910 ай бұрын

    You are an amazing person with amazing interests, I cannot describe how thankful I am for your art. For years, I tried to learn some of the ancient languages, because of you I am now able to understand most of the Sumerian cuneiforms!

  • @Jonnygurudesigns
    @Jonnygurudesigns11 ай бұрын

    Yay! A good day! masterpiece after masterpiece! This man is a treasure.. truely. He's straight out of ancient history.. love it❤

  • @davidmitchell3881
    @davidmitchell388110 ай бұрын

    The medical term for this condition is priapism. It is a medical emergency if the errection cannot be reduced as the blood supply can become comprised. This can occur in conditions such as sickle cell anaemia. It does not require female intervention to occur. Its actually bloody hard to treat if the blood thromboses in the penis. On the other hand a man who is not suffering from priapism and can manage this heroic feat would be in the eyes of many women to be like a god. The author of this epic got that right 😀

  • @bachophilemesa2128
    @bachophilemesa212810 ай бұрын

    Interesting usage of baglama. As a Turkish, I've never encountered this kind of usage.

  • @gentlemoa9859

    @gentlemoa9859

    Ай бұрын

    I bought a long neck saz last week and I'm playing European medieval music on it. It's such a beautiful instrument with a really charming sound, really intuitive to play!

  • @whoopinyou
    @whoopinyou10 ай бұрын

    Man when he started that tapping something ancient awoke within me

  • @jackblankenship90
    @jackblankenship9011 ай бұрын

    Thank you dude. Much love from Tennessee, USA

  • @baraskparas9559
    @baraskparas955911 ай бұрын

    A truly great musician. Voice, instruments and culture all conveyed perfectly

  • @juanjuri6127
    @juanjuri61278 ай бұрын

    i like how this 5000+ year old scene can be summed up with the "neuron activation" meme

  • @Elya-ou3kf

    @Elya-ou3kf

    Ай бұрын

    Its barely 3800 years old

  • @juanjuri6127

    @juanjuri6127

    Ай бұрын

    @@Elya-ou3kf well i'm sure people were humming and whistling it for a while before some nerd took stick to clay to write it down

  • @Elya-ou3kf

    @Elya-ou3kf

    Ай бұрын

    @@juanjuri6127it doesn't work as the morphological structure of the language would be different before old babylonian.

  • @georgeeverette3912
    @georgeeverette391210 ай бұрын

    Needs one change. "She opened her mouth and never shut it. Her counsel was endless. Enkidu, poor man, listened."

  • @bxkcnll2021
    @bxkcnll202111 ай бұрын

    I found a lot of words that we still use in Arabic

  • @danieldejesusfigueredoorop1428
    @danieldejesusfigueredoorop142810 ай бұрын

    Masterful showmanship, as usual! Gilgamesh songs always bring a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.

  • @sudafmohammad7731
    @sudafmohammad773110 ай бұрын

    I am from south of iraq and your Sumerian songs wake up smthing in my soul

  • @TheNineteenKing
    @TheNineteenKing11 ай бұрын

    Another banger from the Epic of Gilgamesh from the legend Peter Pringle!

  • @ja9star824
    @ja9star82411 ай бұрын

    Thank you Peter ,

  • @FalkFlak
    @FalkFlak11 ай бұрын

    love the sumerian poetic subtlety and ambiguouness that leaves room for interpretation. Makes you wonder what was going on in those nights.

  • @Somebody_else_u_know
    @Somebody_else_u_knowКүн бұрын

    🤝 Legendary. You are blessed, sir. My deep respect. You definitely know what does it mean: "Zae-Ki Ag-Gu". Greetings from messir Antoine P., and all the Community, to you as well.

  • @msdogan
    @msdogan10 ай бұрын

    I am a great fan of your work. Thanks for another great masterpiece. I am surprised and amazed to see bağlama in your video. When I look at the river Euphrates and think about all the civilisations once thrived and lost there I feel humbled by the greatness of past and eternity of time and how humanity been here for such a long time. Unfortunate that we know about them so little. Oh also, as a MD it is safe to say, indeed, erection for that long is a medical emergency 😅 thanks for your great work sir.

  • @egillskallagrimson5879
    @egillskallagrimson587910 ай бұрын

    That last line is quite remarkable and amazing because clearly Enkidu was some kind of "bigfoot" like creature, certainly a giant yet Gilgamesh was bigger... dude Gilgamesh was a beast!

  • @byjamie-hillierrubis
    @byjamie-hillierrubis11 ай бұрын

    Delightful and reflective. Thank you Peter, just beautiful. ☘ 💖🙏💫

  • @Sidney_Williams
    @Sidney_Williams8 ай бұрын

    the way that this echoes through my bones is otherworldly.

  • @konstantinmanzhara9571
    @konstantinmanzhara957110 ай бұрын

    Mr. Pringle. What you create is priceless, touching and tearful.

  • @alexanderp4115
    @alexanderp411511 ай бұрын

    this song really touched me more than others because it was sung in Babylonian, a language that once my ancestors heard when they fled from Israel. so surreal to understand a quarter of the words there

  • @bliss448

    @bliss448

    11 ай бұрын

    You mean, Palastine. There was no Israel back in those days.

  • @MrUnwichtig109

    @MrUnwichtig109

    11 ай бұрын

    @@bliss448 Israel existed long before Palestine and is one of the oldest civilizations of humankind... then again...both of them have nothing to do with this video

  • @BlueSwampyCraft

    @BlueSwampyCraft

    11 ай бұрын

    @@bliss448the Israelites were there before the philistines.

  • @Schizo_Souls

    @Schizo_Souls

    11 ай бұрын

    @@bliss448shut up

  • @wilhelmseleorningcniht9410

    @wilhelmseleorningcniht9410

    11 ай бұрын

    @@bliss448 I get what you're going for, but Israel was an actual kingdom back then and is the namesake of today's Israel. Realistically, it still wouldn't be Israel but rather Judah as Israel was conquered by the Assyrians a bit over a hundred years before Judah fell, which was itself conquered by the Babylonians (and it's the babylonian exile that the op is likely referencing, though people weren't so much fleeing as was a selection of the populace being forcibly relocated)

  • @CymaticEarth
    @CymaticEarth11 ай бұрын

    Timeless, bravo 🙌🏾

  • @malahamavet
    @malahamavet11 ай бұрын

    im so happy that you posted another video! you are great 🎉

  • @LeonM4c
    @LeonM4cАй бұрын

    This man's voice and sheer musical talent take me back to the ancient times he sings of...and brings me to tears

  • @junechevalier
    @junechevalier10 ай бұрын

    This music speaks to me in a way that I cannot explain.

  • @twinkletoes7248
    @twinkletoes724811 ай бұрын

    Wow sir, words can’t describe my experiences while listening to your music. Thank you

  • @thomasherena6956
    @thomasherena695611 ай бұрын

    He dropped another 𒋻𒁀𒔼𒆸𒁇𒑚𒈦𒀼 𒁀𒋻𒐖𒋝𒀼𒇲 bois

  • @phantom213
    @phantom21310 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Peter, from the bottom of my heart. These melodies invoke something very deep inside of me.

  • @doctahgiru
    @doctahgiru10 ай бұрын

    This is magical💫❤️‍🔥 As someone from Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶

  • @omittapir5986
    @omittapir598610 ай бұрын

    Gives me goosebumps listening to this ancient song literally. He is just brilliant!

  • @PuppetXeno
    @PuppetXeno11 ай бұрын

    just brilliant. Ancient music is the most magical music of all, and your passion for it is evident in every note, every articulation. Thoroughly enjoyable!

  • @AslansMane88
    @AslansMane8811 ай бұрын

    "I did not have sex with the hoofed man of the plain." -Shamhat Lewinsky

  • @theeccentrictripper3863
    @theeccentrictripper386311 ай бұрын

    The talent of Peter Pringle is only rivaled by the deceit of Ea-nasir, truly once in an eon stuff.

  • @Solsamsa
    @Solsamsa11 ай бұрын

    Beautiful in every way as always 🙏💗

  • @FenNick1994
    @FenNick199410 ай бұрын

    You look so pleased with yourself and enjoying what you do. It adds to the authenticity.

  • @FarmBoyFarming
    @FarmBoyFarming11 ай бұрын

    My five year old is so happy to know youre still alive and creating more music. He lives for your fascinating renditions of ancient events. And with great honesty, I am also mesmerised by your creations. I would really appreciate the lyrics .... ❤

  • @hjaltihilmarsson6073
    @hjaltihilmarsson607310 ай бұрын

    I really needed this right now, thank you for making this❤

  • @estadisticaparaarqueologos8391
    @estadisticaparaarqueologos839111 ай бұрын

    Incredible..even better than before.!thank you

  • @phill2065
    @phill206511 ай бұрын

    Thank you Peter Pringle for making another banger

  • @aakashraj6406
    @aakashraj640611 ай бұрын

    After so long but worth it..!!

  • @twinkdeathoftheuniverse
    @twinkdeathoftheuniverse11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for these great videos, much appreciated

  • @jota9586
    @jota958610 ай бұрын

    Always love when I see your updated. Keep up the splendid work

  • @marcust43
    @marcust4310 ай бұрын

    I was so excited to hear this just reading the title! Thank you so much, this is beautiful!

  • @nuray3486
    @nuray348611 ай бұрын

    I love this Peter, I am Turkish so as soon as I saw saz I was very impressed!!

  • @emporertorvus4475
    @emporertorvus447511 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for the work you do! This is all terrific.

  • @marshmelows
    @marshmelows11 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much Peter, we are truly blessed by your performances!

  • @HungarianHighFive
    @HungarianHighFive11 ай бұрын

    That was a fantastic performance! Just wow! Thank you, Peter!

  • @TradingNirvana
    @TradingNirvana3 ай бұрын

    This is amazing, thank you so much!

  • @Ferdinand314
    @Ferdinand31410 ай бұрын

    Absolutely astounding! Thank you so much for all your hard work in researching and performing these ancient songs for us. Your musical talent is a blessing to the world.

  • @paolagiunti2979
    @paolagiunti297911 ай бұрын

    Wonderful piece! I really appreciate all your works.

  • @redacted5052
    @redacted505210 ай бұрын

    I’ve been recommending your OG video for like most of a decade now, and you still rock.

  • @mrmdemeter1
    @mrmdemeter110 ай бұрын

    Another awesome continuation of your rendition of this Epic! Great Job!

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