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Gilgamesh and Ishtar, and thedeath of Enkidu
The Gilgamesh Epic
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Layout of the Gilgamesh Epic
Prologue
The coming of Enkidu
The forest journey
Ishtar and Gilgamesh and the death of Enkidu
The search for everlasting life
The story of the flood
The return
The death of Gilgamesh
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Flashback: Humbaba, guardian of the
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Flashback: Humbaba, guardian of the
forest
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Layout of Gilgamesh and Ishtar, and
the death of Enkidu After Gilgamesh and Enkidu slayed Humbaba
they returned to Uruk. Once there
the goddess Ishtar asked Gilgamesh to be her husband, and then
she would makehim famous among men.
Gilgamesh did not accept Ishtars offer, naming all the lovers
that Ishtar have hadand not loved forever.
Ishtar was enraged, she told her father Anu how Gilgamesh
insulted her. She went
on to ask Anu to give her the Bull of Heaven to destroy
Gilgamesh, and if he didnot give it she would open the doors of
hell so that the dead can live among theliving.
Anu agreed to give her the Bull of Heaven, but in return there
would b seven yearsof drought in Uruk. Ishtar however indicates
that she saved enough grain for thepeople for seven year.
Ishtar led the Bull of Heaven to Uruk, but it was not match for
Gilgamesh who
slayed it with the help of Enkidu. Gilgamesh ripped out the
heart of the Bull andpresented it to Shamash, whereafter Gilgamesh
and the heroes of the city had agreat feast.
Enkidu had a dream which he told to Gilgamesh. In the dream
Enlil said toShamash that because Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed both
Humbaba and the Bull ofHeaven one of them must die.
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Enkidu became sick and in his sickness he cursed the city walls
of
Uruk and the harlot who braught him there. Shamash howeverspoke
to him from heaven telling him to not curse the harlotbecause if it
was not for her he would never have knownGilgamesh. Enkidu then
withdrew his curse.
Enkidu had another dream, wherein a sombre-faced
man-birdtransformed his arms into wings and took him to the place
of the
Queen of Darkness where those who enters never returns.
ThereEnkidu saw many kings, rulers and kings who once wore
kinglycrowns and ruled the world in the days of old.
Enkidu shared his dream with Gilgamesh, and as he becames
sickerGilgamesh wept over Enkidu.
Enkidu died and Gilgamesh mourned him for seven days and
nights.Gilgamesh commanded that the whole Uruk weep for his friend
andcommissioned that a statue should be made of his friend.
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The goddess Ishtar
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The goddess Ishtar
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The Bull of Heaven
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The Bull of Heaven
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