Gilgamesh was a legendary Sumerian king of Uruk and the central figure in The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest known works of literature, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia around 2100 BCE. He was likely a historical figure who ruled around 2800–2500...

Ereshkigal was the goddess of the underworld in Sumerian mythology. She is the sister of the goddess Inanna (Ishtar) and ruled over the dead, symbolizing justice and the inevitability of death. Respected and feared, her figure represented the cycle of lif...