CLT-3378 Lecture Notes - Enkidu, Chiastic Structure, Ninhursag
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Clt3378 ancient myth notes (2. 18. 13: epic of gilgamesh: Gilgamesh & enkidu (loyal) just like achilles & patroclus. Gods intervened in the deaths of their friends. Bull of heaven: the creature killed by gilgamesh and enkidu that was sent from the gods. (divine) Uruk (city where gilgamesh was king of) sumerian heroe. Uruk surrounded by walls (ring composition); gilgamesh left a sign of his greatness that when he dies he left: protects the city, sign of his power, symbolic gesture. In the beginning of the epic, he did what he wanted and raped women didn"t care and tried to rape a woman in her bridal chamber before her wedding when enkidu stops him. Aruru: goddess that they pray to and she creates enkidu. Enkidu: match to gilgamesh to be just as strong as him & brave. Gilgamesh & enkidu wrestle each other and then become friends after.
