How Gilgamesh Met Enkidu
Музыка
What you hear me singing in this video, are lines 135 through 229 from THE BABYLONIAN GILGAMESH EPIC (Pennsylvania cuneiform Tablet OB II) which tell the story of the first meeting between Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and the wild man called Enkidu.
Although the Babylonians wrote this down nearly 4000 years ago, the tale was taken from Sumer, a much older culture that preceded the Babylonians in southern Mesopotamia. It is possible that Gilgamesh was a real, historical Sumerian king who ruled in Uruk some 5000 years ago.
For those who are interested, a pdf of THE BABYLONIAN GILGAMESH EPIC as translated and transliterated by Andrew R. George, can be downloaded from the following URL.
eprints.soas.ac.uk/1603/15/Ge...
While we do know what sort of musical instruments were used in ancient Mesopotamia, neither the Sumerians nor the Babylonians had a system of notation, so we do not know what their music sounded like. These cultures were brilliantly clever and could unquestionably have invented a way to write down music if they had wanted. It is my belief that they did not do it because their music was largely improvisational and created by musicians themselves, in performance, much like certain types of jazz and the classical music of India are today. In this video, I have done what I believe the ancient musicians would have done. I have improvised the music on the spot using a “saz”, a modern variety of three course lute, which we know existed in Mesopotamia, and double reed wind instruments whose sound would likely have been similar to the folk oboe known today as the “duduk”.
The story I am singing tells of the first meeting between king Gilgamesh and the hero Enkidu, in which a man who is planning a wedding feast explains to Enkidu and his consort Shamkat, that Gilgamesh has the right to have intercourse with any young bride, on her wedding night, before her husband has the right to touch her. This is a tradition known in French as “le droit de cuissage” that existed in Europe up into medieval times.
Enkidu is horrified, and decides he’s going to throw Gilgamesh (whom he has never met and does not know) through the wall of the wedding chamber before he gets a chance to violate the poor girl!
Enkidu confronts Gilgamesh in the street of Uruk, and a fight ensues which goes on for quite some time, until Gilgamesh (who had never been beaten) realizes he has finally met his match and neither man can win. At this point, he breaks off the fight, and ultimately the two men become lifelong friends.
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@draft13
23 күн бұрын
That's how I feel every time!
@johan.svensson
23 күн бұрын
Upvote! Upvote! Upvote!
@SamuraiMujuru
23 күн бұрын
No joke, I just woke up for work and this was the comment KZread was displaying.
@adityapawar4692
22 күн бұрын
Bang Bang Bang (on the door), neighbor wake up, NEW Peter Pringle DROPPED!!!!!
@malapertfourohfour2112
22 күн бұрын
Y'all don't have babes but if you spent less time larping in KZread comments like this you might practice and develop enough game to be able to pull one 🙄
NEW GILGALORE DROPPED
@Dr.ZoidbergPhD
23 күн бұрын
Gilgalore!? 😳😂
@kimashitawa8113
23 күн бұрын
New?🤨
@DrunkenCoward1
22 күн бұрын
@@diegonieto2897 Dropped?!
@deadknuckles6346
22 күн бұрын
???
@hurdygurdyguy1
21 күн бұрын
@@DrunkenCoward1 slang for new post/upload
imagine living 4000 years ago and this drops
@peterslaby9782
22 күн бұрын
"Yo I just got some wack-ass copper from that Ea-nāṣir bitch but this track really brightened up my day after dealing with all that."
@Ezullof
22 күн бұрын
They'd likely think it's some mad man singing, because there's no way anyone at the time could appreciate such bold harmonic combinations.
@Halo_Legend
21 күн бұрын
@@EzullofI don't know what historical snobery copium are you huffin, but please put it down. Historians lose their will to live from people like you.
@webkid4567
20 күн бұрын
Right?? And the album "dropping" would just be some dude rolling through your town/village like "ya'll heard this one yet? Meet me around the fire tonight it'll blow your minds." Between that, and the collective songs you knew together as a clan was "music." That and what you wrote yourself. We are able to share a genuine piece of ourselves through art with others on the other side of the planet and that's an amazing thing
@miceliusbeverus6447
19 күн бұрын
@Ezullof I don't believe it. We tend to be horribly conceited and believe that anything older than 100 (or even 50) years must be stupid or primitive... We are so sure about it that if anything produced in the past seems "too good to be true", we tend to think it was made by aliens... The truth is, while technology needed time to develop, those people of the past were very skilled and had lots of profound expertise on things they did know; if not for other reasons, it was because they did it for centuries in ways not changed too much, just honed. Scientists are amazed to discover how functional and highly considered historical weapons or tools used to be; maybe lacking some theoretical background, but instead taking advantage of years and centuries of practical experience. We are now learning to appreciate again the idea of "slow food", they had "slow lifes". And music has been with the human kind roughly speaking forever...
Gilgamesh was the first villain to be defeated by the power of friendship.
@linguisticsnerd433
19 күн бұрын
Underrated comment
@xaayer
16 күн бұрын
Hesitate to call him a villain. He was a tyrant king for sure, but not a villain. He's the protagonist and hero of the story. That being said, he is a tyrant king at the start of it and Enkidu humbles him. His status is similar to Hancock at the start of his movie. He's a hero but he isn't a good person yet.
@YuiFunami
16 күн бұрын
first shounen antagonist
@ileiad
14 күн бұрын
@@xaayer underrated reply
@esthertjones
14 күн бұрын
Talk no Jutsu 😁
I love this part of the story. Gilgamesh was out to get his freak on, then a quasi-animalman walks in and starts mauling him and Gilgamesh just goes "That screams best friend material."
@clairewithbanjo4992
21 күн бұрын
Some times it’s the friends you make along the way
@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180
20 күн бұрын
It was the first time Gilgamesh found an equal, someone who would not only oppose him, but equal him in strenght. We all need a friend we can compete with, be it in strenght, wits, or art, and when one bests the other and they congratulate "that was a great match, and we have both grown from it", that is true friendship. Gilgamesh needed a friend to tell him "no, don't do that, you're being a jerk" and slap him over the head. We all do, from time to time.
@razorknight92
19 күн бұрын
"get his freak on" is a very polite way to say what evil he was going to do
@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd
18 күн бұрын
@@razorknight92 "Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" -Oscar Wilde
@neotokyo385
17 күн бұрын
Breed the snake wife
Been waiting for a Pringle drop since those ancient days
@ramasirama8251
20 күн бұрын
Since those ancient days when all things had been created? In ancient time when all things were given their place? When bread was first tasted in the sacred shrines of the land? When the ovens had been lighted? When the Heavens had been separated from the Earth? When the Earth had been separated from the Heavens? When mankind had been established? Those were the days.
@proto566
20 күн бұрын
@@ramasirama8251❤
@proto566
20 күн бұрын
Ud reaaaah...!
@a.m.4479
14 күн бұрын
Best. Comment.
@RockerfellerRothchild1776
7 күн бұрын
Is it wrong that I got ......well..."excited" like a virgin on wedding night
As someone from Mesopotamia, this was the #1 jam all summer long
@rdl3290
22 күн бұрын
Dont you Mean All Sumer Long ? ;)
@hurdygurdyguy1
21 күн бұрын
@@rdl3290 🤣🤣🤣 okay, you win the comments contest!!
@rdl3290
21 күн бұрын
@@hurdygurdyguy1 hehe i really dont know how the original commenter missed that 1 :p
@Halo_Legend
21 күн бұрын
So you're a jam from Mesopotamia? Funny how kindergarden grade grammar makes you look.
@ozzie_goat
17 күн бұрын
@@rdl3290I've been on vacation all week...didn't cross my mind
GILGAMESH MENTIONED RAHHHHHHH 🔥🔥🔥WHAT THE FUCK IS IRONNNNN 🗣🗣🗣‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🦅🦅🦅
@lepinjalmao
23 күн бұрын
BEST QUALITY COPPER
@ozzelot3349
22 күн бұрын
@@lepinjalmao I have some doubts about that, sir
@ingkknswn6275
22 күн бұрын
@@lepinjalmaoea nasir is that you?
@lepinjalmao
22 күн бұрын
@@ingkknswn6275 yes
@Stunkos
20 күн бұрын
sick pfp i loved half life
Imagine making a song that makes people excited 4000 years later
@curtrod
16 күн бұрын
not too hard to do since there were no notes as the poster said, and he imagined the whole thing to begin with, it being not too bad not withstanding
@huszaratraktor
17 сағат бұрын
@@curtrod you ----------- | | | the point | ------>
My offerings to Marduk have been rewarded. This banger will surely rock the ziggurat
@Twisted_yer_mum
22 күн бұрын
🗿🎧
@AppearDispairDisappear-xi1gt
16 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Korgano
16 күн бұрын
Raise the centermost, and therefore smallest, roof! 😂
@Gekkko
15 күн бұрын
Amen oh wait amen was not even a concept back then
@Cardioid2035
14 күн бұрын
𐎼𐎤 𐎮𐎸𐏂 𐎧𐎤𐎱𐎤
The attention to detail, when Peter raises an octave when speaking Shamkat's part 👌
@monkeyonroof
21 күн бұрын
He knew he ate when he finished that part, too
@Ledabot
21 күн бұрын
Fr. Loved how he grins after it. Good fun
@urzathehappy72
20 күн бұрын
I am in love with this performance. Such incredible talent in every detail
@urzathehappy72
20 күн бұрын
The drumming part is so cool too i usualy hate drumming on guitars but on his lute it works perfectly
Enkidu despite being a wild man who grew up without law knew Gilgamesh was in the wrong! A universal tale of a greater justice beyond laws.
@philipocarroll
23 күн бұрын
You might enjoy the "Dawn of Everything" and the tale of how Indians from the Great Lakes were the leading thinkers behind the European Enlightenment.
@radubradu
22 күн бұрын
@@philipocarroll OMG, I love that book! Especially the part where the indians yelled "wakanda forever" just before enlightening all over the place
@flydutchmen1754
22 күн бұрын
Without law? How did U come with that? Who told U that man is the creator of law? Manmade authority is wrong and it shouldn't be. It's the reason of all fighting. Natural law is the only law, and we learn it from nature. It's the only truth.
@inigo137
22 күн бұрын
@@philipocarroll that sounds pretty racist, lol
@giorgospapoutsakis5271
22 күн бұрын
@@flydutchmen1754nonsense
I bet the British museum wasn't expecting one of the figures on the wall to start singing!
@henrikgustafsson6385
17 күн бұрын
It is enough that they seem to look on from behind.
@thegoodwin
15 күн бұрын
Lol
I love how we as a species love the concept of "When two heroes meet for the first time, they have to fight" so much that it's been recorded as far back as our literary records hold.
We makin' it out of Uruk with this one boys!
@Supahdave1000
18 күн бұрын
We learnin' horseback riding before pottery with this one!
@Cardioid2035
14 күн бұрын
@@peterslaby9782 𐎼𐎤 𐎮𐎸𐏂 𐎧𐎤𐎱𐎤 !!💪
@DooDoo-f4v
7 күн бұрын
@@Supahdave1000Steppe by Steppe!
We need an album of the entire Gilgamesh being sung like this
@susano8473
13 күн бұрын
Billy Carson would be elated!
5:40 the beat starts, Peter looks left and right to confirm the fact that absolute fire is about to drop
Last time i was this early, bread wasn't invented
And that's how one of the greatest bromances in history began
This man is a treasure
This is so odd. I looked at your channel for the first time in a while today and noticed you hadn’t uploaded in 7 months. I hoped everything was alright. About an hour later you uploaded a new video! How lucky!
@brainworm666
22 күн бұрын
Gilgamesh works in mysteries ways
@christofferniemonen8872
20 күн бұрын
Peter doesn't sit down for sure, he's active with instrument stuff too
5:40 goes really hard when the tempo suddenly picks up, sounds almost like blast beat in an extreme metal song
@M.V.A.M.
18 күн бұрын
Double bassdrum in early days
@user-qt9vn1yj8x
17 күн бұрын
Nile vibes no doubts!
@xaayer
16 күн бұрын
It goes really good at portraying the fight!
@BetaDude40
16 күн бұрын
Fun fact: part of the reason he's doing that is because the only surviving tablet of this part of the Epic is quite literally broken. As best can be told, they start fighting, and then suddenly the fight's over and they're best friends. Truly interesting
As a person who knew nothing of the pre-classic era before taking classes on it in college, I am still taken aback by the relatability of such a old tale from such a far gone time. The epic of Gilgamesh is, to me, a story about the necessity of friends, of equals, the struggle with our own mortality and of our place in the world. To think that the people of Mesopotamia were thinking of these things, feeling these emotions with the same complexity and care that we do, it is something that makes us feel connected with a people who are so far away from us but also so close in other regards. Mr. Pringle is doing some amazing history work by trying to also preserve the singing/playing of this beautiful epic and utilizing instruments that might have been used back then and with a beautiful improvisation. As a fellow enthusiast of Ancient Mesopotamia, I thank Mr. Pringle for showing that no matter the gap, both in time or culture, bridges can always be built and we could imagine ourselves talking about life with a Sumerian fellow on the bank of the Tigris.
So nostalgic! I remember when I first heard this in a brothel in Uruk... Feels like it was yesterday.
@Gedagnors
11 күн бұрын
İt was yesterday. Time flies so fast.
Been waiting 4000 years for this one
Damn, what a powerful song. A wild man stands against a king because a divine law is inherently wrong.
@diogoduarte8008
15 күн бұрын
Because he sees that the law isn't really divine, it's corruption of the law. I might miss remembering but enkidu was created to be as strong as gilgamesh to humble him before the people and the gods, and even tho he was a wild animal, a lawless man created in the wild he knew the law of the gods.
@Jorgee-
10 күн бұрын
Enkidu is an inspiration. Wild and Infantile, free of Original Sin.
@DooDoo-f4v
7 күн бұрын
@@Jorgee-Exactly! He's the embodiment of the old ways.
Eminem would not have dropped today if he knew Pring was with the stylus out chea slangin tablets.
You are a time machine
We all know at least one GILGACHAD that always brings his gishgudi at the Ziggurat celebration
When the world needed him the most, he returned
International treasure, Mr Peter Pringle! 🎉 We love you, Peter. Thank you so much for your art
The king is backkk🔥🔥🔥 Watching from MESOPOTAMIA🇮🇶🇮🇶🫶
Hey hey can't believe I'm catching this live. I love your work Mr Pringle, thank you.
These videos are what got me fascinated by the Epic of Gilgamesh in the first place. Thank you once again, Peter.
That drum solo 👀
What a beautiful thing to wake up to! Thank you, Peter! Stunning & moving as always!
The episode of Star Trek The Next Generation, titled "Darmok and Jalad" is what first got me interested in Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the first place. That led me to Peter Pringle and his amazing works about the subject. This channel is what got me interested in the era of about 3000-6000 years ago, which led me to History Time From there I just started subscribing to a few of channels about early human history. It's some fascinating stuff, and not only will you find a ton of abrahamic religion is stolen from the Epic of Gilgamesh, but a ton of folklore and myths are rooted in things from before we knew about agriculture, just passed down through stories and warped over countless generations.
@iltonnotattico6231
22 күн бұрын
Gilgamesh and Enkidu at Uruk
@GavinBisesi
20 күн бұрын
@@iltonnotattico6231 Picard and Dathon, at El-Adrel
@dishcleaner2
19 күн бұрын
The Epic of Gilgamesh is what freed my 19 year old mind from Christianity. Copy of a copy
@kffire12
19 күн бұрын
It's not stolen, rather both Babylonian and Hebrew texts talked about the same historical subjects. Know that Abram and his family came from the city of Ur.
@xSARGEx117x
19 күн бұрын
@@kffire12 so does assassin's creed. You don't see me starting any crusades over it.
Wow. It's so wild to think on the way that something written so long ago still has the power to move us, especially when interpreted through a gifted artist. Incredible.
Really happy to have you back my friend! I have never used the term "transporting" in any other context than your music. Incredible.
I love the lighthearted theatrical delivery. You're an excellent performer.
Big fan of your songs about Gilgamesh. This one is particularly breathtaking in use multiple instruments and different voices for each character. I hope you keep making songs and smiling ❤
There's really no way to tell whether the way you sang it is historically accurate or not, but I really enjoyed your performance. The steps you took to try to make it sound authentic, improvising the melody and using a particular singing style, make your version interesting in its own right.
One of your best performances, Mr. Pringle. The ending was on another level of being confident and satisified with your work. Excellent!
Peter, we love your work! Please post more frequently!
You always look so happy when making these, a treasure as always Peter
Fabulous performance !!! I stopped everything just to watch. 👍✌️
Оживший голос тысячелетий. Браво!
Some days, the algorithm says hold my beer and I couldn’t be happier. You are incredible. I’m so thankful this popped up in my feed
I wake up to a new Peter Pringle video, best day ever!
that was beautiful! thanks yt for the recomendation, and thanks Peter for you invaluable work and musicianship! this is my first video and I'm staying!
I had a feeling that you were cooking up something nice during your seven month absence. Great stuff!
Amazing video! Please, never stop making your songs
This is so beautifully amazing. There is a new translation out of Gilgamesh and the book has been published very recently. I is apparently excellent according to a review in the NYRB. Gilgamesh translated by Sopha Helle. Apparently the prose is very poetic and easy to read.
Aww, ❤, Peter the Bard is back! How fortunate are we to be blessed by the immortal story of the friendship of the legendary hero king and the mighty man of the forest, made to find their respective equal and soulmate in each other, sung by our silver-tongued Peter. ❤
Was doing some Sumerian reading and this appears. Divine timing by the gods 🙌
I feel this is in the sense of the ancient originals. Well done. We drummed our bellies, and sang to our love, for men, and women. High knees, tap the belly, two to the side, two to the other side.
Heyyy this rules! Gotta love those ancient cultures. Your effort with these recreations really is commendable.
Always a delight when you share new songs with us, Mr. Pringle!
Ура, новые чудеса, благодарю!!! Ждем еще больше новых музыкальных видео! С любовью, из Сибири
This is so well sung, I feel like I'm sitting with the original audience, maybe the third or fourth time it ever touched the air...magic.
The fight between the two reminds me of Jacob wrestling with the angel. A fight which happened right after Jacob sent his wives and children away and he was alone, with the angel standing in the path of their reunion. The stories are not identical, of course, but they seem related.
@physics1518
22 күн бұрын
Good catch! I think you're onto something there. I have to think about the struggle in the context of both narratives, but I don't think this is just a coincidence.
@Aspensauce64
22 күн бұрын
It wouldn’t be the first instance of a bible story being inspired by Gilgamesh
@NephilaClavata
16 күн бұрын
I think you'd like at least perusing through Hidden Riches by Christopher Hayes. It's filled with different sources and material for comparative studies of ancient Near Eastern literature.
@CristiNeagu
16 күн бұрын
@@NephilaClavata Nice suggestion, thanks.
Performed in such a rich and passionate way. Thank you for sharing this masterpiece.
Etheric. Blessed to have watched this on Sunday night. My Monday 5 a.m. wake up alarm will be more palatable now. Thank You ❤
Love and Respect for amazing mister Pringles ❤. He teleported us back 5000 years in ancient sumer with his fanciful piece of composition.
ugh im obsessed with this guy. he's a talented musician AND awesome historian. jack of all trades, master of all fr
IT IS AMAZING! Thank you Peter and all of them who support to you in this work. People of antiquity praised the man-made world and were incredibly wise. Because even time had no power over the great power of art. Oh, may the gods hear and grant you the strength and time to give humanity the entire epic of Gilgamesh.
The is inxredib🎉 i really hope you perform the full epic and put it all together. Thank you for keeping history alive. Alot can be learned about the soul and human condition from this performance of the epic
My first born child was conceived to this song as it played opposite us a tavern wall, the notes filled our chamber with not only the sweet amber of love, but the fiery passion of Gilgamesh's fury. Our child came into this world strong, and he grew to be tall. We are grateful for him and our large house.
Holy KZread algorithms! So glad I’ve found you channel! Amazing content, absolutely beautiful vocals. Keep rocking, Peter!
Peter - you are a treasure! Thank you for bringing to life such an ancient but important piece of culture! I am waiting for the full version of Epic of Gilgamesh!
Thank you so much for the amazing performance, I enjoyed every second of it. It was as if I was transported to ancient Uruk and witnessed the meeting of Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
Peter bring back to life those heroes from the fog of the past. Amazing
This was wonderful to listen to, and what a beautiful instrument:) Thank you for the description as well. I had to grab that downloadable file
This is incredible to me. Hearing this sung in such an ancient language is mesmerizing. Talk about the ultimate form of folk music
What a time to be alive. You sir are a treasure. Thank you.
Incredible as always. Thank you!
08:05 That smile ❤ This is some real good piece of art. Thank you for uploading ancient bangers.
you're a legend peter and the song was beautiful your passion is spoken in volumes
Thanks be to Enlil for directing the algorithm to recommend me this.
Incredibly moving. Thank you for sharing ancient lore with us! I, too enjoy mysterious stories and music.
Peter Pringle is an international treasure and needs to be protected at all cost
Peter is dope on the mic!
Welcom back, friend - Creator bless. Thank you for the love!❤
It was really good. Especially description of their fight. Thank you.
thank you for this Peter, this music, even if not historically accurate (I actually have no idea if it is) takes me and thousands more back in time, connecting us to the roots of civilization. Warm and kind regards from Chile, your work is astounding and inspiring!
My heart is warmed to hear any of this epic sung
What a voice! Very cool to hear to babylonian being sung. Thank You Mr. Pringle
And he broke off he fight and the two enemies became friends: so much needed in the world right now. Thank you for this musical treasure and for sharing this ancient, yet still unheard by many, message.
This, and Peters other works that are uploaded here, are truly a treasure.
very well sung. really enjoyed listening, and could feel the emotion in the music
Bravo! So beautiful. I'm always ecstatic to see new videos of yours!
It's so amazing that we can share this snapshot of culture made by people thousands of years ago. The way art and artists can connect us across such vast gulfs of space and time is one of the most beautiful aspects of humanity.
This stuff inspires me so much. Thank you for the quality art.
Please make a full version of the Epic,🥺🥺😭
beautiful ! le son et la voix sont poignants, merci beaucoup ! Thanks a lot, just beautiful
A true delight as usual Mr Pringle!! I always love your takes on the epic 😊
This was absolutely amazing, and truly beautiful. I can only fathom how much study you have had to put in in order to be able to perform such a rendering of this classic. Thank you very much, I am deeply grateful
I did not fully appreciate your talent when I was 16 back sur l'avenue des pins à Montréal. Now I do. Thanks.
Trascendantly beautiful, deeply moving, extremely metal
My favorite ancient bromance sung by my favorite ancient singer!