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Gilgamesh part 3: Crossing the Waters of Death

from Myth Matters Podcast Season 1 by Dr. Catherine Svehla

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“Here is the epic of the fear of death.” Ranier Marie Rilke

This program is the third and final episode in my telling of the ancient Sumerian myth of Gilgamesh, the hero-king of Uruk. When he was a young man he terrorized his people, but at the end of his story they say that Gilgamesh was wise, that he traveled the world and knew secret things.

What happened to Gilgamesh? He faced his fear of death.

Death isn’t something that we’re generally encouraged to contemplate and yet this existential problem (to put it mildly) is a universal task, the catalyst for the quest for purpose, love, and meaning, and the impetus for myth.

Death looms large in these times of mass extinction and cultural disintegration and I believe that we must grapple with it to be fully alive and present, to do what each of us is here to do with courage, creativity, gratitude, and love.

I hope your journey with Gilgamesh guides your further down your path to meaning.

A transcript of this podcast is available at www.mythicmojo.com

Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the transcript to find a link to the song “These Bones” by Rags Rosenberg!

Thanks for listening and keep the mystery in your life alive.


The image is a sculpture of Gilgamesh mastering a lion. Relief from the façade of the throne room, Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad (Dur Sharrukin), 713–706 BCE. Source Wikimedia.

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from Myth Matters Podcast Season 1, released June 1, 2019

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Dr. Catherine Svehla Fort Collins, Colorado

Storyteller, scholar, artist, & desert activist with a PhD in mythology & depth psychology.

Myths & stories contain the wisdom of the human race. I want to know how we can keep the mystery in life alive? How can myths connect us to a larger sphere of being & meaning?

Many of these tracks are Myth in the Mojave programs that first aired online on Radio Free Joshua Tree.

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