Enkidu was formed from clay and saliva by Aruru, the goddess of creation, to tame Giglamesh and rid him of his arrogance. Enkidu transforms from the nature of an animal to that of a human and at the end, he dies. This portrays the natural life cycle of mankind, which is that of birth and death. Furthermore, this natural cycle relates back to Enkidu’s creation in the natural world. Gilgamesh is afraid after Enkidu’s death, which makes him question his own mortality. The final fate of all mankind that is death, becomes the main hurdle for Gilgamesh to conquer. Gilgamesh who is two-thirds divine, stands in the center of mortality and immortality. According to Gilgamesh, the power of immortality belonged to women for the sole reason that they are able to give birth. Gilgamesh starts out his journey to attain immortality at the mountain Mashu where he encounters the Scorpion-men, guardians of boundary between earth and sky, who tell him “It is impossible Gilgamesh, Nobody has passed through the mountain’s inaccessible tract.” (Epic of Gilgamesh 140) Gilgamesh is upset since he is asked to leave, no human can make pass
Enkidu was formed from clay and saliva by Aruru, the goddess of creation, to tame Giglamesh and rid him of his arrogance. Enkidu transforms from the nature of an animal to that of a human and at the end, he dies. This portrays the natural life cycle of mankind, which is that of birth and death. Furthermore, this natural cycle relates back to Enkidu’s creation in the natural world. Gilgamesh is afraid after Enkidu’s death, which makes him question his own mortality. The final fate of all mankind that is death, becomes the main hurdle for Gilgamesh to conquer. Gilgamesh who is two-thirds divine, stands in the center of mortality and immortality. According to Gilgamesh, the power of immortality belonged to women for the sole reason that they are able to give birth. Gilgamesh starts out his journey to attain immortality at the mountain Mashu where he encounters the Scorpion-men, guardians of boundary between earth and sky, who tell him “It is impossible Gilgamesh, Nobody has passed through the mountain’s inaccessible tract.” (Epic of Gilgamesh 140) Gilgamesh is upset since he is asked to leave, no human can make pass