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"Aruru, you made Gilgamesh. Now make his equal. Let them clash like wild bulls, and let Uruk find peace."

Gilgamesh laughed in her face. "What lover have you kept? Tammuz—you turned him into a bird, wounded year after year. The lion—you dug seven pits for him. The stallion—you made him a slave to the whip. The shepherd—you turned him into a wolf. The gardener—you struck him into a mole. You will do the same to me."

They sailed. At the end of the world, Gilgamesh met and his wife—the only mortals granted eternal life. Tablet XI: The Flood and the Serpent Utnapishtim told his story. Long ago, the gods resolved to destroy humanity with a flood. But Ea, god of wisdom, whispered to Utnapishtim through a reed wall: Tear down your house, build a boat. Abandon possessions, save life. Take male and female of all living things.

The gods wept. Ishtar screamed, "How could you destroy my people?" Enlil was furious—but Ea shamed him. "You made the flood without reason. Punish the guilty, not the innocent." Enlil relented and granted Utnapishtim eternal life. epic of gilgamesh full version

But Gilgamesh would not be turned. Enkidu, who had once roamed those hills, knew Humbaba's terror. "When Humbaba speaks, the mountains fall. The forest is guarded by seven auras of terror."

On the twelfth night, Enkidu died. Gilgamesh watched over him like a lion over its cub, tearing his hair, ripping off his fine robes, throwing dust on his head. For seven days, he refused to bury Enkidu, hoping the worms would not find him. But on the seventh day, the body began to move.

Enkidu relented and blessed her instead. "Aruru, you made Gilgamesh

"I have lost my brother Enkidu. I have sat at his graveside. Now I am afraid of death. I want to find Utnapishtim, the Faraway, who survived the Flood."

Enkidu interpreted each dream as a promise: You will overcome.

Enkidu woke in tears. "I am cursed—not for the bull, but because I told you to kill Humbaba." Enkidu sickened. For twelve days he lay on his mat, cursing the harlot Shamhat who had brought him to the city. But Shamash spoke to him: "Why curse Shamhat? She gave you a feast of human bread and the wine of human love. She gave you Gilgamesh, your brother." "What lover have you kept

Siduri directed him to , the boatman of the dead. Urshanabi agreed to ferry him across the Waters of Death—but only if Gilgamesh cut three hundred punting poles, since any touch of those waters killed instantly.

Gilgamesh sat down. Sleep rolled over him like fog.

"Why did I labor? For nothing. I have not gained any good."

Humbaba wept. "Gilgamesh, let me live. I will be your servant. I will fell cedars for your gates."

"But Gilgamesh," Utnapishtim said, "who will gather the gods for you? Let me test you. Stay awake for six days and seven nights."