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SUMMARY:Fantastical Space and Heroic Journeys in Mesopotamian Literature
DESCRIPTION:Sumerian literary texts from the Old Babylonian period (ca
 . 1800 BCE) are often stories with larger-than-life protagonists\, fea
 turing warriors\, heroes\, and kings – and occasionally individuals 
 who manage to be all three at once. While many texts\, such as those c
 oncerning the warrior Gilgamesh\, are centered around a climatic battl
 e or other martial events\, they also incorporate a journey into the s
 tructure of the narrative. These journeys\, a common feature of both l
 iterary texts and royal inscriptions\, allow the narrative to transiti
 on to a more fantastical setting\, and thus better accommodate the exp
 anded heroic actions of the narrative. The distant and faraway nature 
 of these spaces\, however\, is more complicated\, as the more fantasti
 cal depictions of these locations must also exist within the framework
  of the real interactions that are also depicted within the cuneiform 
 record.
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