Enkidu's Death In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

However, his search fails owing to the fact that the death is the inevitable part of life and this is the greatest lesson which Gilgamesh has learnt. Moreover, he starts to aware that one’s life is measured not by fame, but by the time which he spent while alive and people who surrounded him. As a final point it should be mentioned that after the battle with Humbaba, both Enkidu and Gilgamesh learnt that gods are hazardous. It seems obvious that sometimes Gods can be beneficial. As an example can be the God of light and the sun Shamash who aim to Enkidu and Gilgamesh in their first battle with Humbaba. Nevertheless, making gods anger and disagreeing with their rules is really unsafe because Gods live by their own laws. For instance, after Gilgamesh