![]() They each commend each other’s strength and declare themselves friends.īecause of a dream he has that Enkidu interprets, Gilgamesh realizes that he has not yet made a name for himself. ![]() They wrestle, but Gilgamesh beats Enkidu. Afterwards, when Enkidu returns to the hills where he lives, the animals run away from him.Įnkidu eventually travels to Uruk and blocks Gilgamesh’s way while walking in the city. The trapper then brings a temple prostitute, Shamhat, to Enkidu, and she seduces him. ![]() Both the trapper’s father and Gilgamesh tell him that when Enkidu sleeps with a woman, the animals he lives with will reject him. The trapper describes Enkidu as the strongest man in the world. Enkidu lives in nature, in harmony with the wild animals.Įventually a trapper discovers that Enkidu has been destroying his traps. Aruru forms Enkidu out of water and clay, out in the wilderness. The gods hear these complaints, and the god Aruru creates Enkidu, a man as strong as Gilgamesh. Though Gilgamesh is known to be stronger than any other man, the people of Uruk complain that he abuses his power. ![]() The story begins in Uruk, a city in Ancient Sumer (Mesopotamia) where Gilgamesh rules as king. ![]()
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