Gilgamesh (disambiguation)
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Gilgamesh was a legendary king of Uruk.
Gilgamesh may also refer to:
- Epic of Gilgamesh, a poem about a legendary king of Uruk
In business
- Gilgamesh (restaurant), a restaurant in London
- GILGAMESH, an NSA geolocation system
Anime, comics, and manga
- Forgotten One (comics), who was also called Gilgamesh, an Eternal in the Marvel Comics universe
- Gilgamesh (Fate/stay night), a fictional character in the TYPE-MOON visual novel, anime and manga series, Fate/stay night
- Gilgamesh (manga) a manga and anime by Shotaro Ishinomori
- Gilgamesh the immortal, an Argentine comic book
- Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, the jeune premier in Girl Genius
- Gilgamesh II, four issue science fiction re-telling of the Gilgamesh Epic published by DC Comics, written and drawn by Jim Starlin
Games
- Gilgamesh (Devil May Cry), a mechanized gauntlets and greaves weapon in Devil May Cry 4 and also resembles the weapon "Beowulf" in Devil May Cry 3
- Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy), a recurring character in the Square Enix video game series Final Fantasy
- Gilgamesh (The Tower of Druaga), the protagonist of Bandai Namco's classic franchise The Tower of Druaga
Literature
- Gilgamesh (novel), a 2001 first full-length novel by Joan London and is inspired by the Epic of Gilgamesh
- How Like a God (novel), a 1997 modern day retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh by Brenda Clough
- Gilgamesh the King, a 1984 novel by Robert Silverberg
Film and television
- Gilgamesh Night, a softcore porn Japanese variety TV show broadcast from 1991 to 1998
Military
- GILGAMESH, a codenamed NSA program, used to imitate a GPS-Cell for military drone strikes
Music
Classical Music
- The Epic of Gilgamesh (Martinů), 1955 choral work by the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů
- Gilgamesh (Kodallı opera) 1962–1964 opera in Turkish
- Gilgamesh (Saygun opera) 1964–1970 Op.65 opera in Turkish
- Gilgamesh (Nørgård opera) (1971–72), an opera in Danish by Per Nørgård based on the epic
- Gilgamesh (Brucci opera) (1986), an opera in Serbian by Yugoslavian composer Rudolf Brucci based on the epic
- Gilgamesh (Battiato opera) (1992), an opera in Italian by Italian composer Franco Battiato based on the epic
Popular music
- The western pronunciation of Girugamesh, a Japanese rock/metal band
- Gilgamesh (band), a jazz fusion band in the 1970s led by keyboardist Alan Gowen
Albums
- The Epic of Gilgamesh, album by Abed Azrie 2005
- Gilgamesh, the debut album by Australian band Gypsy & The Cat 2010
- Gilgamesh (Gilgamesh album) 1975
- Gilgamesh (Acrassicauda album) 2015
Astronomy
- Gilgamesh, crater on Ganymede
See also
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