Mesopotamian Mythology

The oldest stories ever told, retold

Stories from ancient Sumer and Babylon: Gilgamesh's quest for immortality, Inanna's descent, and gods who made humans from clay.

Styles: Novel · Cinematic · Literary · Fairy tale, or Random
Aisle: Myth & Folklore

Begin with

The Scribe of Uruk
You are the scribe ordered to write the king's epic. The king wants you to leave out the part where he wept, and the gods want it kept in.
Your role: A temple scribe
Clay
The gods made humans from clay. You are the first human to discover you can reshape clay into life too, and the gods are not pleased.
Your role: The first mortal sculptor
Inanna's Gatekeeper
You guard the seventh gate of the underworld. The queen of heaven is at the gate, demanding to enter, and the rules say she must give up something at each gate.
Your role: An underworld gatekeeper

Start a premise as written, or make it yours with your own hero, style, tropes and intensity. Every scene after the first is written around your choices.

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