Ares, God of War

A few months later, nothing happened in the sky and on the ground. The gods went back to their homes and found their mothers. The construction of the underworld was also proceeding in an orderly manner. A pasture has been opened up on the barren land of the underworld, and a group of lambs and calves have successfully survived on this pasture. Dumuzi is currently in charge of managing this pasture. Under the guardianship of God Mu, no one dared to touch the meat and milk reserves of the underworld.

On the earth, the various city-states in the world are still developing steadily. The city-state Kutu, which was once guarded by Nergal, who was seized by Ares, will send back sacrifices to him every year, and Ares is watching After receiving the sacrifices offered to him by these mortals, he usually changed them and then gave them to others.

Some were given to Ailei by him, some were given to Uruk by him, and some were left in the underworld by him as rewards for the ghosts of the underworld.

During this period of time, the only change was that the sun, moon, and star trio in the sky suddenly lost a corner. The light of Venus had not shone in the sky for several years, because Ishtar was still in the fir forest on Cedar Mountain at this time. There is a cold wind blowing inside, eating wild fruits, and enjoying her meaningful life in captivity.

The years have been quiet, and Ares has devoted almost all of his energy to the construction of the underworld. Under his leadership, the underworld has a giant city, streets, pastures, green grass and flowers. In the colorful garden, the ghosts have a taller and more comfortable residence, as well as meat and fresh milk, and all of these are born out of their own hands. The gods of the underworld also have their temples built by them. Ares The statues of , Ai Lei and Dumuzi were all invited into the temple.

The happy building game almost made Ares forget his original purpose of coming to Mesopotamia. Suddenly, two uninvited guests came to visit his Hades.

Chapter 79. Help from Uruk

In the giant city of the underworld, Ares received the couple from Uruk in his temple.

It was his former boss, Ningsun, the patron saint of Uruk, who visited the underworld this time, and her husband, the former king of Uruk, and now the hero Lugalbanda who has become a god.

The visit of the two of them was made an exception by Ares. As living beings, they should not have visited this kingdom of the dead. However, because of their unique identities, Ares still received them and gave them a visit in the temple. Li entertained the two with cattle and sheep from the underworld.

Of course, Lugalbanda and Goddess Ningsun also expressed their admiration for the changing scene of the underworld, and expressed their admiration for Ares.

Today is different from the past. Ares is now the lord of the world. In terms of status alone, he is only under the three gods of the god king Enlil, the god of heaven Anu and the god of war Marduk. How in awe, how much awe must be for Ares now, not to mention that Ares is obviously stronger than Ailei.

Because he vaguely guessed the intention of Lugalbanda and Goddess Ningsun, Ares did not let Ailei accompany him at this banquet, but just called the former god of shepherd Dumuzi.

After all, what he told Gilgamesh before he left was really not easy for a conservative girl like Allie to know.

After a banquet, the four gods were chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere quickly became heated, and Ares also took advantage of the opportunity to ask about the purpose of the couple Lugalbanda and Ningsun Goddess.

"That's it."

Hearing Ares' question, Goddess Ningsun and her husband Lugalbanda looked at each other, sighed helplessly, and said:

"Of course it is because of our child, the current king of Uruk, Gilgamesh."

"Gilgamesh? What happened to him?"

Ares had some vague guesses in his heart, but asked pretending to be puzzled:

"Did he not govern the country well?"

"It's not just bad."

Lugalbanda covered his face and said with a sad face:

"When I died, the Uruk that was handed over to Jill was a country with strong soldiers and horses, and a powerful country. Now? I don't want to be too rude, but the current Uruk...is simply an Ishtar on the ground. Temple!"

Ares and Dumuz looked at each other, dumbfounded at the same time. As a husband, Dumuz certainly knew the nature of Ishtar's temple on the ground. The priests like to exaggerate a certain characteristic of the gods and then Worship, Ishtar is most famous for her romanticism in recent years, and of course her temple also emulates this characteristic of her. ", they are all women, and they will openly use those romantic affairs in exchange for money in the temple, and use the money to worship Ishtar, and Ishtar will not restrict the behavior of his followers.

There are even rumors that the priests of Ishtar will have sex with men openly on the street, without caring about the eyes of others. Although this is a rumor that is not true or false, it also reflects the priests of Ishtar from the side. open.

Therefore, her temple is not so much a sacred place for worshiping the gods, but rather a legal brothel in the world of Mesopotamian mythology, just like Aphrodite in the Greek world.

In terms of time sequence, Greek mythology is later than Mesopotamian mythology, so it can be said that Aphrodite inherited some of the characteristics of the older goddess Ishtar and became the Greek goddess of love.

Returning to the topic of the book, what Lugalbanda said is so cryptic, but what he actually means is that Uruk has now completely become a city of obscenity. In order to ensure the authenticity, Ares asked in detail Details, after Lugalbanda stammered out, he finally confirmed that the whole of Uruk had been turned into a city of obscenity by Gilgamesh.

God is sorry, when Ares said the set of "eating the forbidden fruit" remarks to Gilgamesh, he thought that Gilgamesh would at best give him a big harem to oppress and oppress his people. It took a lot of money to snatch a few folk girls, but I didn't expect that Gilgamesh's courage was still good. A good Uruk, he just made him play as a black beast.

"Nergal, we have nothing to do, so we came here to ask you for help."

Lugalbanda was holding a wine glass, his face was flushed, and he didn't know whether he was drunk or ashamed. Facing Ares, the king of Hades, and Dumuzi, the former king of Uruk, he sincerely asked Ares road:

"You are his teacher, please come and help us get Jill back on the right track."

Ares took a sip of his wine, lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked:

"You are his parents and the patron saints of Uruk. Doesn't he listen to you when you preach to him?"

"It's not that we haven't tried."

Ningsun Goddess next to her said with a sad face:

"Lugal and I have tried to persuade him several times, but every time he can always come up with some fallacies to block us, and he also said that all this is the teacher's task, only after you appear, he will will stop."

"You brat. He's obviously having fun with himself, and he's using me as a shield!" Ares' face darkened, and he scolded, "Okay, it seems that I taught him too well."

"In any case, you are the only one who can control him now."

Lugalbanda asked for help:

"Ningsun went to the sky some time ago, and she learned from Anu that the gods have already started discussing to 'correct' him as a king. It is said that the goddess of creation, Aluru, has already been helped by the gods in the sky. , made an extremely powerful clay figurine, and threw it into the wilderness. When the humans in Uruk could no longer bear Jill, let the clay figurine attack Jill. As his teacher, you don't want to see him fall into disrepair. Is it going to end like this?"

"That's the same reason."

Ares nodded, of course he didn't want to see Gilgamesh being knocked off by the attacking Enkidu, and he wanted Gilgamesh to help him start the human age in this mythical world.

So he stood up holding his wine glass and said:

"Don't worry, I'll discuss it with Ai Lei right now, and then I'll go to Uruk to help you correct this brat. He's a boy I taught, and he can't jump in front of me."

After hearing what Ares said, Lugalbanda and Goddess Ningsun finally breathed a sigh of relief. The couple looked at each other and smiled, and then said to Ares:

"That is, with the help of you who can conquer even the underworld, we believe Jill will become a good king."

Chapter 80. Such a scene is still too exciting for Ares

Ares has to admit that he has indeed forgotten about Gilgamesh, the construction of the underworld, the calculation of Dumuzi and Enqimudu, and the paving the way for human beings. He survived in a blink of an eye for a few years It's over.