Talk:Idrimi

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Possibly fictional - needs discussion to make the article NPOV

See [1] by Tremper Longman, [2] which says "The statue of Idrimi is the first of our historically grounded pseudo-autobiographies, although it is certainly not without its folkloristic elements and tendentious literary qualities that shape historical fact. The statue, despite typifying the clumsy provincial style of mid-second-millennium Syria, was at the forefront of a new style of autobiographic...As has been remarked elsewhere, the narrative has parallels in the biblical stories of Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Jepthah, David, and Nehemiah, not to mention the Egyptian story of Sinuhe.14 In terms of the Mesopotamian tradition, it exhibits a number of parallels to the Lugalbanda epics, which were likely composed at the end of the third millennium. Following the self-presentation, the narrative opens with a folkoristic “initial situtation”—a crisis that sets the narrative in motion.13 We learn that some unspecified hostility forced Idrimi and his family into exile. In good folklore fashion, we learn that Idrimi is the youngest brother but the only one concerned with returning home. This is the motif of the youngest brother whose abilities and ambitions surpass those of his older brothers." [3] discusses the issue and mentions Lemche's works which call the story a fairytale. That was just a quick search. Doug Weller talk 16:34, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]