HIST 1024 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Utnapishtim, Urshanabi, Enkidu
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He would rape women and he was arrogant. Enkidu is gilgamesh"s adopted brother he was created to reflect gilgamesh. so they could contend together and the people of uruk could live in peace. Enkidu could contend together and the people of uruk could live in peace. He was civilized through having sex with a woman. By doing so, the animals of the wild would reject him and he would turn into a man. Describe the initial encounter between gilgamesh and enkidu. Enkidu stops him at the door of a bride so he cannot have sex with her. They fight and enkidu proclaims that gilgamesh is stronger then him. He killed humbaba and the bull of heaven. He insults her and tells her she already has everything and he can"t offer her anything. He says she has already been with many men before who could not satisfy her.