Tuesday, March 24, 2009

In The Epic of Gilgamesh, what does Endiku teach Gilgamesh?

The most
important lesson that Enkidu teaches Gilgamesh is the value of humility. At the beginning of
The Epic of Gilgamesh , the king of Uruk is described
as a tyrannical ruler, with some versions of the story going so far as to say that he partook of
prime nocte rights with the citys women. The goddess Aruru, answering the prayers of the people,
molded Enkidu from clay and water, and put him in the forest where he grew into his own as a
wild man. Later, Enkidu becomes somewhat domesticated by sleeping with the temple prostitute
Shamhat. It is described as a loving relationship, although...

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