CLT-3378 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dilmun, Urshanabi, Cedar Forest
Document Summary
Has more detail about the cedar forest and the fight with humbaba. Goes to describe the cedar gate that is mentioned in section known about. Blames enlil on death of humbaba and bull of heaven, but this angers enlil. By the end of enlil"s anger one of the two must die. Enkidu has a second dream of the underworld where he is attacked by a creature that smothers him and he changes to the bird that attacks him. Enkidu is then sent to irkalla"s house of dust that is in underworld where he sits to eat in a black room that he cant see. Everyone in the house is servants and kings all acting as servants to the underworld queen. 12 days of illness and grieving for 7 days. After enkidu dies gilgamesh knows he will have to die as well. Journeys to find utnapishtim who is a immortal human.
