The Judge shedding his white suit and dancing naked is analogous to a serpent shedding its skin, connecting to the serpent in Gilgamesh that denies eternal life and is thought to be immortal—the Judge claims immortality just as snakes shed their skin to renew themselves.

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Michael Sugrue

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when he takes off his uh ice cream man white suit and puts puts it on uh the man after he's killed him i think what he's done is shed his skin because i think that he's the serpent from gilgamesh

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Blood Meridian: Bibliotheca WebinarMichael Sugrue
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:25:46 PM

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