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EABANI , the name of the friend of Gilgamesh, the See also:hero in the Babylonian epic (see GILGAMESTI, See also:Eric oF). Eabani, whose name signifies " See also:Ea creates," pointing to the tradition which made the See also:god Ea (q.v.) the creator of mankind, is represented in the epic as the type of the primeval See also:man. He is a See also:wild man who lives with the animals of the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field until lured away from his surroundings by the charms of a woman. Created to become a See also:rival to Gilgamesh, he strikes up a friendship with the hero, and together they proceed to a See also:cedar See also:forest guarded by Khumbaba, whom they kill. The goddess Irnina (a See also:form of See also:Ishtar, q.v.) in revenge kills Eabani, and the See also:balance of the epic is taken up with Gilgamesh's lament for his friend, his wanderings in quest of a remote ancestor, Ut-Napishtim, from whom he hopes to learn how he may See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape the See also:fate of Eabani, and his finally learning from his friend of the sad fate in See also:store for all mortals except the favourites of the god, like
Ut-Napishtim, to whom immortal See also:life is vouchsafed as a See also:special boon. (M.
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