I first encountered Gilgamesh in my undergrad years. A grad playwriting student produced her adaptation of the old poetic interpretations of the early tablet translations. These were all fit within the rubric of historic mythology rather than history set in stone. The traditional interpretation of history holds that our ancestors were too stupid to understand the world, but in our miraculas jump in evolution and intelligence we were creative enough to make up vast systems of mythological explanations for the inner workings of the universe. I find the current trend of evidence proving otherwise to be convincing enough to reinterpret Gilgamesh in the Sumarian world as interpreted from their libraries and, as such, in relation to the ancient histories told around the planet.
In this world the Anunnaki, beings from the tenth planet, Niburu, created us by mixing their DNA with that of apes to create a race of beings to work the planet. There is some indication that, aside from their advanced state of development, they were also physically different from living in deep space on a wild elipse. It is possible that Niburu is actually a solar satellite created to connect their system with ours. Niburu travels in and out of our solar system on a 3600 year elipse that travels toward the dog star Sirius and Orion's Belt. According to this tradition, our original planet was Tiamat which suffered a deep impact event that broke the planet into pieces. The majority of the mass was reshaped into Earth and redeveloped. The plates have been repositioned several times to create balance, however the planet's polarity is unstable and is wobbly because of it. This instability caused them to eventually abandon the planet as a destination, leaving only those needed to manage production of their assets - one "god" and all his "angels" to manage the planet's resources including breeding ape out of the "adamas" (hybrids) before the next return of the Anunnaki. When they return, they will select the best of the stock to bring home.
Gilgamesh was said to live nearly 3600 years ago. According to the Mayan calendar, the world ends as we know it next year. Perhaps global confirmation of their return will bring that change.
According to the post Nicaea bible of modern Christianity, this means those most able to follow rules in a selfless and serene manner. I see the efforts of the men who met at Nicaea to create the "true definition of Christianity as a continuance of evil from this perspective. Evil being defined as that which separates man from god - men subverting people's attentions from god through them in order to maintain power over them. However, Jesus' message of prioritizing one's relationship with the "Creator" over all others and to relate to others as though they were that "god" stands strong through the message of subservience and submission and even supports the concept of the Anunnaki leaving with their planet on their regular 3600 year elipse just after Gilgamesh was alive and leaving one "god" in charge explaining the shift from pan-theism to mono-theism.
In this light, we can approach the legend of Gilgamesh being about a rebellious god/king who sought equality for the adamas - immortality - from an immortal race who were taking their knowledge and power and toys and running away. A race that had the power to heal and even prevent aging and heal deadly ills. The adamas were, after all, made of Anunnaki DNA. As such we would be part of and an extension of our creator and so inexorably connected in ways we barely have language to explain. Interestingly enough, none of this challenges the concept of an undefinable source of life and love that created all things and connects us all. Our understanding of our collective history and relationship to the universe is bound to be challenged as we seek to understand that which is beyond our realm of understanding.
