Marvel meets Mesopotamia: how modern comics preserve ancient myths

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[B][B]Marvel meets Mesopotamia: how modern comics preserve ancient myths

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But unlike the classical heroes (Theseus, Herakles, and Egyptian deities such as Horus), which have continued to be important cultural symbols in modern pop culture, Mesopotamian deities have largely fallen into obscurity.

An exception to this is the representation of Mesopotamian culture in science fiction, fantasy, and especially comics. Marvel and DC comics have added Mesopotamian deities, such as Inanna, goddess of love, Netherworld deities Nergal and Ereshkigal, and Gilgamesh, the heroic king of the city of Uruk.

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[RMNIXON]

I prefer Tolkien, Percy Jackson, or even Harry Potter........

[Standing Wolf]

Don't forget the Norse gods, and the mythology surrounding them.








In addition to the "superhero" comics, there have been efforts to popularize (or maybe it should be "re-popularize") the myths of ancient times in comic form, most recently in a series written by Neil Gaiman.

[Omar]

Mesopotamia had slavers. Comics need to represent 2023 America, I mean 2023 San Francisco.

[OLD GUY IN FLORIDA]

My favorite fantasy hero's are the Democrat Party

[stephenpe]

ERB and Marvel along with a few Sci Fi writers are my go to for escapism. Well, before I hit 30. But I do watch some movies.......

My favorite fantasy hero's are the Democrat Party

and this is why we cannot have nice things.......here we are, a few old dufusses waxing archaic about our childhood heroes and you have to drop some political feces into it.........you gotta get out of Marion County into the country some where to lighten your aggravation with the 21st century. I mean, I get it.