Enkidu And Anu: The God In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story of two Gods who come together from completely different paths and develop a strong, deep, spiritual, bond. Gilgamesh is a God who presides over the Sumerian city of Uruk. Gilgamesh is the son of man and known as the handsomest and strongest man alive, however, he is also the most fear man due to his lack of compassion and hunger for power and domination. Gilgamesh loves to fight the other men of the city, as well as sleep with as many women as possible. So another God, Anu, decides to create someone to balance Gilgamesh in hopes of giving him a companion who can keep up. This is Enkidu. Enkidu is a God made from clay who lives the beginning of his life uncivilized and in the woods. Enkidu is not like people

Sky screamed could possibly symbolize thunder, which one would assume could be the sound when two or more God’s clash. Mother Earth moaned, could be sadness, rain? Wind? Light disappearing and darkness are mentioned twice, which could represent the death of someone important or powerful. Then, “storm clouds raced nearby and swept all life away from out of the sky above out heads” This God’s death as well as the death can cause a crumbling of the world and all people surrounding the God. A God cannot die and that be the end. There are consequences. So when the winner or winners “leave the mountain” they cannot just forget what happened. They will see consequences and worlds crumbling, “this is what we will

The author speaks in a language that feels very proper and very prophetic. The author uses paradoxes and symbolism to convey a deeper meaning. For example, Gilgamesh and Enkidu can call each other friends or even best friends; however, they constantly refer to each other as brothers. Gilgamesh even says that Enkidu was the other half of his soul. The author of The Epic of Gilgamesh uses a very serious tone throughout the whole story. My interpretation is he does this to convey the point that lustful, high and mighty thinking ultimate can lead to some sort of tragedy. However, it is always possibly to get back to some sort of happiness. One interesting thing I discovered was that after Enkidu’s death, Gilgamesh is stuck in the mental and emotional Hell. He ends up fearing death, the one things he couldn’t care less about. The one thing he brought upon others that he never thought about; death. One is is in the Hell called fear, he is looking for some kind of escape and in a way, once he finally makes it back to Uruk, he kind of does escape this Hell. Once back in Uruk, Gilgamesh has developed a new sense of appreciation for the things around him. Gilgamesh is a renewed person and he realizes that he cannot escape fate, but can appreciate the life he is giving, just like Siduri had told him, “Remember always, mighty king, that gods decreed the fates of all many years ago. They alone are let to be eternal, while we frail humans die