Comparative Analysis of the Motif of the Reed in the Mesopotamian Myth of the Flood and the Greek Myth of King Midas

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Kleczkowska, Katarzyna
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2012
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Koło Naukowe Studentów Religioznawstwa, Instytut Religioznawstwa UJ
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The article presents a comparative analysis of the motif of reed in the Mesopotamian story of the flood and the Greek myth of king Midas. In both mythologems the reed has a very similar function: it transfers a message which cannot be uttered to any human being. In this way the reed uncovers the mystery that allows the hero to save a group of people or even mankind. The analysis is based on the variants of the myth of king Midas presented by William Crooke in his essay King Midas and His Ass’s Ears and two Mesopotamian epics about the flood, Atrahasis and The Epic of Gilgamesh, which include The Sumerian Flood Story.
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reed    trzcina    ancient Greece    starożytna Grecja    Mesopotamia    Mezopotamia    Midas    potop    flood    deluge    Greek mythology    Greek religion    myth    mit    religia    Greece    Atrahasis    Ziusudra    Utnapishtim    mitologia    starożytność    literatura starożytna    ancient literature    Gilgamesh    Gilgamesz    music    Syrinx    Enki
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Kleczkowska K., Comparative Analysis of the Motif of the Reed in the Mesopotamian Myth of the Flood and the Greek Myth of King Midas, „Ex Nihilo” 2012, nr 8, s. 93–109.
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