Gilgamesh Tablets 1,2 And 3: Gilgamesh Or Enkidu?

Gilgamesh starts by telling us how great Gilgamesh was and telling how he did this wonderful journey and knew the things before the flood. They also tell us that he is bigger than a normal man and is way stronger. He built the city of Uruk and people in my opinion considered him more like a god. “Two-thirds a god, one-third a man, the king” pg 4. The people of the city started asking the goddess that made Gilgamesh to make another one, to fill his stormy heart, to be at the same level as him, to return peace to Uruk. The goddess created another equal who was called Enkindu; he was a wild man of the grasslands, a wild animal living besides animals and had the same size and strength as Gilgamesh.
A hunter was hunting and saw him and asked Gilgamesh what to do. He told them to send a temple prostitute to soften him and make him fall with her. The women called Shamhat traveled with the hunter and showed Enkindu her beauty. Sometimes women are the only ones that can soften the hardest heart and can make fall in love the maddest men. Shamhat convinced Enkindu to go with her to Uruk. When they got there he challenged Gilgamesh and had a fight so fierce that they destroyed a lot of stuff. At the end Gilgamesh had Enkindu on his feet and got him up and hugged him and accepted him as a brother. They became very close and Enkindu told him the tale that Huwawa a demon of the forest that will breathe fire and whenever he breathes death comes and will not let people cut the cedar. They decided to join forces and go to this dangerous trip together to kill this demon and bring peace to the forest. Who will be the strongest, the hero, and the best? Gilgamesh or Enkindu?