History
Lugalbanda
An early king of Uruk in the Sumerian King List, hero of his own two Sumerian poems, later deified, and the father of Gilgamesh.
𒈗𒌉𒁕lugal-banda₃-daan early king of Uruk, later a god
- Kin:
- beloved of Ninsun; father of Gilgamesh.
In the myths:
an early king of Uruk in the Sumerian King List, hero of his own two Sumerian poems, later deified.
Where they were worshipped
The city this power belonged to, and the periods our chronology places it in.
As attested
What the record has
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Sources
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