Talk:Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird

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Thanks for removing my misplaced comments from the article itself - an error.

Here's my rewrite of the Synopsis paragraph (a minor revision) of it. The strange sentence in the article itself that struck me as unwarrented was the statement that Lugalbanda killed the Anzu bird - an impossibility!

My summary ("Synopsis"), revised from one offered in the editing page of the Wikipedia draft article: The tale begins with Lugalbanda, separated from his fellow soldiers from Uruk alone, lost and hungry in the mountains. He finds the nest of the Anzu bird, a giant lion-headed eagle, and decides, though hungry, to feed its lone chick. When the Anzu bird returns from a hunt, he is first startled by the chick not responding to his call. But once he finds out what happened, he is very pleased with Lugalbanda and in gratitude grants him the ability to travel at super speeds, without ever tiring. With his new super power Lugalbanda races down the mountains and catches up with his comrades, who are laying siege to the city of Aratta. But their king and commander, Enmerkar, is getting nowhere with his siege, so he decides to consult his goddess Inanna back in Uruk. Lugalbanda volunteers to race back to Uruk to deliver his request. His comrades fear he will die on the mountains, but Lugalbanda. with his god-given gift of tireless speed, races over seven mountain ranges in a single day, and soon returns with Inanna's response: Enmerkar should end the siege of Aratta by sparing the city in return for their precious stones and minerals. So now, implies the tale, we understand why the terrifying Anzu bird, has become, like Inanna herself, a force for life and peace rather than only war and death?

First of all, what article says Lugalbanda killed the Anzud bird? I'm not seeing that... Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 05:37, 4 March 2013 (UTC)