Lugalbanda the shepherd-king and the goddess Ninsun bore Gilgamesh, who inherited his mother's divine nature and his father's royal blood — two-thirds god and one-third man, king of Uruk.
Lugalbanda found the nest of the Anzu bird high in the mountains, fed and adorned its chick, and when the great bird returned and saw what the stranger had done, it granted him supernatural speed that let him outrun any living thing.
Abandoned in a mountain cave and near death, Lugalbanda prayed to Inanna among the gods of heaven. She answered, restoring his strength, and he rose and walked alone across the wilderness to rejoin his army.
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