Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill the Bull and offer its heart to the sun-god Shamash.

Without any divine assistance, Enkidu and Gilgamesh attack and slay it, and offer up its heart to Shamash.

Despite the protestations of Shamash, Enkidu is marked for death.

Shamash tells him that Gilgamesh will bestow great honors upon him at his funeral, and will wander into the wild consumed with grief.

His association with the sun-god, Shamash, due to the natural combination of the two deities who alternate in the control of nature, leads to imbuing him with some of the traits belonging to a solar deity.

Dagan, the deity of storms, had an entire temple dedicated to him, as did Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, and Shamash, the Sun god.

Gilgamesh visits his mother, the goddess Ninsun, who seeks the support and protection of the sun-god Shamash for their adventure.

# Gilgamesh argues with Shamash about the futility of his quest.

Aplu, it is suggested, comes from the Akkadian Aplu Enlil, meaning " the son of Enlil ", a title that was given to the god Nergal, who was linked to Shamash, Babylonian god of the sun.

Aplu, meaning the son of, was a title given to the god Nergal, who was linked to the Babylonian god of the sun Shamash.

A carving at the top of the stele portrays Hammurabi receiving the laws from the god Shamash or possibly Marduk, and the preface states that Hammurabi was chosen by the gods of his people to bring the laws to them.

In the ancient Near East, each city had a local patron deity, such as Shamash at Larsa or Sin at Ur.

Eastern city wall and Shamash Gate.

Named for the Sun god Shamash, it opens to the road to Arbil.

There is an outward projection of the city wall, though not as pronounced as at the Shamash Gate.

Mesopotamian Shamash plays an important role during the Bronze Age, and " my Sun " is eventually used as an address to royalty.

An ancient Aramaic inscription, found at Dier Alla, identifies Balaam as a prophet of Shamash, a semitic sun-god, and consequently, it could well be the case that the unidentified Baal of Peor is Shamash.

Some of the most significant of these deities were Anu, Ea, Enlil, Ishtar ( Astarte ), Ashur, Shamash, Tammuz, Adad / Hadad, Sin ( Nanna ), Dagan, Ninurta, Nisroch, Nergal, Tiamat, Bel and Marduk.

These people exist today as the modern Assyrians who are wholly Eastern Rite Christian but retain a distinct Mesopotamian language, Neo Aramaic ( which descends from the Aramaic first spoken in Mesopotamia in 1200 BCE and still retains hundreds of Akkadian loan words ) and identity and the naming of children with ancient names such as Ashur, Shamash, Semiramis, Lamassu, Ninus, Lilitu / Lilith, Sargon, Hadad etc.

Similarly the Sumerian moon god Nanna became the Akkadian Sîn whilst the Sumerian sun god Utu became the Akkadian Shamash.

Assyrians to this day still use the names of ancient Mesopotamian gods and rulers as both first and last names ; Ashur, Hadad, Shamash, Lilitu / Lilith, Sennacherib, Sin ( Shinu ), Sargon, Semiramis, Ishtar and Lamassu for example are still common names, and some months in the Assyrian calendar are named after ancient gods such as Tammuz, and all periods are listed as being blessed by ancient gods.

The god Shamash sends 13 winds to bind Humbaba, and he is captured.

Enlil and Suen don ’ t reply but Ea and Shamash decide to help.

Shamash makes a crack in the earth, and Enkidu's ghost jumps out of it.

In other texts Adad / Ishkur is sometimes son of the moon god Nanna / Sin by Ningal and brother of Utu / Shamash and Inana / Ishtar.

It reminds him of the injustices committed against his family, and of how, in his small way, he felt responsible and helpless.

Using their new foreknowledge of these events, the present Janeway and Tuvok create a hologram of Kes at the time who reminds her future self about her affection for the crew and how much they had cared for her, thus showing Kes how irrational her hatred is.

Vincent reminds Anton of how he has made it thus far solo and that it was Anton who needed saving before, not himself.

However, Deianira reminds him how he is dressed in feminine attire and Iole is wearing his clothing while carrying his club.

The largest portion of these songs in some way describes or reminds of the Christmas traditions, how Americans tend to celebrate the holiday, i. e., with caroling, mistletoe, exchanging of presents, a Christmas tree, feasting, jingle bells, etc.

In Smuggler's Top it is suggested she is claustrophobic as she is frightened of enclosed spaces since it reminds her of bad dreams she has-however, this just shows how brave she really is as the adventures invariably lead the five into tunnels, down wells, into dungeons and other enclosed spaces.

In retaliation, Edmund reminds his mother that her own father died of tuberculosis, and then, before exiting, he adds how difficult it is to have a " dope fiend for a mother.

As Jesus died on a cross, the cross reminds us how much God loves us.

He taunts him about his past prowess in wit and reminds him of how he humiliated him, naming him " Marquis de Clatterbang " when he fell over while dancing.

" It's amazing how the city reminds me of Paris ", wrote one of the Frenchmen present at Batory's siege.

Vimes is a very conflicted character: An incorruptible idealist with deep beliefs in justice and an abiding love of his city, he is also a committed cynic whose knowledge of human nature constantly reminds him how far off those ideals are.

Regarding the soul, he reminds how the Fifth Council of the Lateran, celebrated under Leo X, urges the Christian Philosophers to refute the errors concerning the existence and immortality of the soul.

Aylward is greeted by Dr. Robinson, whom she reminds how he rejected her as a missionary years before.

Gundulić constantly reminds the reader of the wheel of fortune and how the world is transient.

In this letter, Guru Gobind Singh reminds Aurangzeb how he and his henchmen had broken their oaths sworn upon the Quran.

That night they gather round the casket to keep watch over Quincas, each trying to ignore his learing smile, which reminds them of how much he despised them.

After saving Mary from kidnappers twice as Captain Marvel, Billy notices how much Mary Bromfield reminds him of Mary Batson and has an undercover cop named “ Muscles ” McGinnis retrieve the girl ’ s forged adoption record.

He laments about how it was great music, but she reminds him, it was ... but it's not " his " music.

The rake receiver is so named because it reminds the function of a garden rake, each finger collecting symbol energy similarly to how tines on a rake collect leaves.

Georges angrily reminds Jean-Michel of how good of a " mother " Albin has been to him (" Look Over There ").

This reminds the narrator of several stories he remembers about dying and he uses them to explain how the Russian character presents itself when dying.

In New X-Men: Academy X, he is portrayed as a sullen, withdrawn loner who keeps mostly to himself, but he always reminds his teammates how fortunate they are to be a " family " when they feud.

Washington makes an extended allusion, possibly in reference to the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania which he led a national army to put down, on how important it is for the government to be careful in choosing the items that will be taxed, but he also reminds the American people that no matter how hard the government tries there will never be a tax which is not inconvenient, unpleasant, or seemingly an insult to those who must pay it.