Gilgamesh
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- "When Enkidu was thrown he said toGilgamesh, ‘There is not another like you in the world. Ninsun, who is as strong as a wild ox in the byre, she was themother who bore you, and now you are raised above all men, and Enlil has given you the kingship, for your strength surpasses the strength of men.’ So Enkidu and Gilgamesh embraced and their friendship was sealed" (Page 6).
- "Gilgamesh listened to the word of his companion, he took the axe in his hand, he drew the sword from his belt, andhe struck Humbaba with a thrust of the sword to the neck, and Enkidu his comrade struck the second blow. At the thirdblow Humbaba fell" (Page 11).
- But Ishtar rose tip and mounted the great wall of Uruk; she sprang on to the tower and uttered a curse: ‘Woe toGilgamesh, for he has scorned me in killing the Bull of Heaven.' When Enkidu heard these words he tore out the Bull'sright thigh and tossed it in her face saying, ‘If I could lay my hands on you, it is this I should do to you, and lash theentrails to your side' (Page 13).
- Ten days he lay and his suffering increased, eleven and twelve days he lay on hisbed of pain. Then he called to Gilgamesh, 'My friend, the great goddess cursed me and I must die in shame. I shall not dielike a man fallen in battle; I feared to fall, but happy is the man who falls in the battle, for I must die in shame.' AndGilgamesh wept over Enkidu. (PG 14)
- Far in the future, once Gilgamesh has passsed.
- ‘How can I be silent, how can I rest, when Enkidu whom I love isdust, and I too shall die and be laid in the earth. You live by the sea-shore and look into the heart of it; young woman, tellme now, which is the way to Utnapishtim, the son of Ubara-Tutu?(Page 17)(
- `Gilgamesh, you came here a man wearied out, you have worn yourself out; what shall I give you to carry you back to your own country? Gilgamesh, I shall reveal a secret thing, it is a mystery of the gods that I am telling you. There is a plant that grows under the water, it has a prickle like a thorn, like a rose; it will wound your hands, but if you succeed in taking it, then your hands will hold that which restores his lost youth to a man.’ (Page 22)
- Gilgamesh saw a well of cool water and he went down and bathed; but deep in the pool there was lying a serpent-/It rose out of the water and snatched it away-/Then Gilgamesh sat down and wept, the tears ran down his face, and he took the hand of Urshanabi; ‘O Urshanabi, was it for this that I toiled with my hands, is it for this I have wrung out my heart's blood? For myself I have gained nothing; not I, but the beast of the earth has joy of it now.’ (Page 22)
- O Gilgamesh, this was the meaning of your dream. You were giventhe kingship, such was your destiny, everlasting life was not your destiny. Because of this do not be sad at heart, donot be grieved or oppressed; he has given you power to bind and to loose, to be the darkness and the light of mankind (Page 24)
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