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Gilgamesh is a Hittite (?) legend, the first legend ever recorded (on stone tablets in cuneiform "triangle" alphabet). Gilgamesh had a close friend (I forgot his name) who died, so Gilgamesh (who was 1/2 deity, like Hercules, except not immortal) went to heaven to see if he could get his friend back/attain immortality (he failed both).
At the gate is two "Scorpion Men" who stand guard over heaven, and who's glance alone is enough to kill any mortal (Gilgamesh survived because he had some heavenly blood). They were some pretty nasty pieces of work. No wonder the mountains shudder.
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