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Tablet I: Enkidu the Wild Man

Epic of Gilgamesh

The first tablet of the standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh opens with the people of Uruk complaining to the gods that their king Gilgamesh is a tyrant, prompting the birth goddess Aruru to pinch off clay and shape it into Enkidu, a wild man raised among the animals of the steppe to be Gilgamesh's equal and check. A trapper spots Enkidu and, unable to overcome him by force, brings the temple prostitute Shamhat to seduce and civilize him, teaching him bread, beer and human ways before he sets out for Uruk to confront the king.

Facts
Identity
Parent Work
Epic of Gilgamesh 1
Position in the Canon
Chapter 1 1
Canonical Reference
Tablet I 1
Origins
Language
Akkadian 1
Literary form (class)
Narrative 1
Connections

Associated With

Babylonians, Cultures

This source names Babylonians directly: "The first tablet of the standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh opens with the people of Uruk complaining to the gods that their king Gilgamesh is a tyrant, prompting the birth goddess Aruru to pinch..."

Source The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform TextsAndrew R. George
Gilgamesh, Figures

This source names Gilgamesh directly: "of the standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh opens with the people of Uruk complaining to the gods that their king Gilgamesh is a tyrant, prompting the birth goddess Aruru to pinch off clay and..."

Source The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform TextsAndrew R. George

Belongs to Tradition

Mesopotamian Religion, Religions
Source Epic of Gilgamesh (Wikipedia)

Contained In

Epic of Gilgamesh, Other Writings
Source The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform TextsAndrew R. George

In Language

Akkadian, Languages

Originates in Language

Akkadian, Languages

Related To

Tablet VI: The Bull of Heaven, Scripture Portions
Sources
1. The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts
Andrew R. George, Oxford University Press, 2003Tablet I, the creation of Enkidu
Quote, Tablet I, the creation of Enkidu
The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: narrative epic recounting the creation of Enkidu.
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Epic of Gilgamesh (Wikipedia)
Belongs to Tradition: Mesopotamian Religion, Lead states this is an epic from ancient MesopotamiaView the Source
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