The distinguished between Legends and Epics is that the legend is afantasy story concerning in the god while the epic is concerning in the hero achievements in battle and courage but in Babylonian literature we can’t recognize them as long as personal heroes like Kjljamc or Domosze considered in many texts as gods may have originally represented a real person but there was exaggeration in the character of these heroes. The legend was field to Inspired by the answers to questions they inspire the imagination of the Babylonians the old Babylon Literature era was a continuation to the Sumerian literary which had high impact on the literature of Mesopotamia in general. Studies of the common Babylonian literature usually include various topics like Forecast, texts chemical, medical and linguistic as well as myths and legends.
there are amny prominent myths, here is some of them
1 – Otrkhsais legend that was the most prominent themes discussed the creation of human and the conflicts of the gods, the flood, and god punishment.
2 -The legend of Gilgamesh, which revolve around the idea of getting on the immortality and eternal youth, the first king of the city of Kish after the flood.
3 -The myth of the descent of Ishtar to the netherworld, it is irreversible to back , but it brings the help of God Gia, who returns life to her. The god Dmosze (July) ransom her, he will send instead of her and alternating residence in the underworld every six months.
When Ishtar gone Lush and green vanish with him temporally and that was a symbol of the changing seasons of the year and there was another legend called Ara God of plague and destruction. Which the national god Murdoch give up to Ara to lead the war to subject all humanity who were no longer leave the gods to rest. But in the end he succeeded in achieving the stability in the country and corrects the situation.
Enumma Elish One of the important work Babylonian literature it’s talking about the gods Murdoch when he became the head for the Mesopotamian pantheon temporarily to lead the war to subjugate the people who were no longer left to the gods of chance to rest but eventually succeed in stabilizing the country correct the situation and regret having to do blood, convinces his minister blows to the enemies of Babylon like Assyrians and Alailamin
Enumma Elish the important work of the( Babylonian creation myth) known as head (when I was in height) discussed about the old subject the god Murdoch in gods position this authoring component from seven numbers was recited in Babylon in the fourth day of Christmas New Year also there was poems called (to glorify your master) which is express about desperate for human Babylon in dark era when Babylon was under different invasion. Babylon man start to doubt in god justices and he start to lost hobe in everything there is also another kind of Babylon Literature which called Wisdom literature which is speaks about educational –moral as poem, preach, Commandments ,wisdom, and debates or interviews.
One of more common Babylon wisdom is saying
Pleasure of wine and the fatigue from travel
Throw bread to dog shake his tail to you
Also there is wisdom
Obey your mother words as god order
the longest and greatest epic is the Gilgamesh epic it is heroic epic written by Akkadian language discovered by chance in Archaeological site in city called Nenoa Iraq northern later known it was for the Assyria king Ashurbanipal library’s Composed from 12 Clay tablet in the end there is signature to person called Shin Iiqi Iui some of the archaeologists thing he was the author for this great epic and also thing it is the oldest story written by human and I invite everyone interest in Babylon history read Gilgamesh epic.
https://www.bible-history.com/babylonia/BabyloniaLiterature.htm
http://wisdomtales.org/wpress/2014/02/06/the-hero-soul/
http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/descent-inanna-underworld-5500-year-old-literary-masterpiece-007296
https://coffeehouseapologetics.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/the-enuma-elish/
