HIST 1024 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Enkidu, Ereshkigal, Ninhursag
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He was not being a good leader, partying, he never left a virgin, He is sent down by the gods to humble gilgamesh and make him a better ruler. Enkidu was created by aruru out of clay. Gilgamesh sent her to weaken enkidu: describe the initial encounter between gilgamesh and enkidu they wrestle at first and gilgamesh beats him and they become friends after. Because he killed the bull of heaven, and the humbaba. 9. describe enkidus dream of the underworld there he saw kings, gods, and priests, all of them dressed in feathers. He saw king etana, whom ishtar had once chosen to be king of kish, and samuqan, the god of cattle. Ereshkigal, the ruler of the underworld, sat on her throne, and belit-seri, the scribe of the gods, whose tablet tells everyone"s fate, knelt before her. Enkidu says the queen looked at them and asked who led them there.
