This example not only reveals that women transmitted civilization, but that their sexuality and sensitivity had immense power over men. This story shows that men were aware of the power of womenÕs art which transformed even the most wild of men. Women had power as lovers and as mothers. Another such example of the power of women as lovers and nurtures is in the sixth chapter entitled ÔThe ReturnÕ. Gilgamesh had made his journey to the land of Dilmun, in the garden of the sun to see Utnapishtim, the Faraway, to whom the gods granted everlasting
This example not only reveals that women transmitted civilization, but that their sexuality and sensitivity had immense power over men. This story shows that men were aware of the power of womenÕs art which transformed even the most wild of men. Women had power as lovers and as mothers. Another such example of the power of women as lovers and nurtures is in the sixth chapter entitled ÔThe ReturnÕ. Gilgamesh had made his journey to the land of Dilmun, in the garden of the sun to see Utnapishtim, the Faraway, to whom the gods granted everlasting