"The eyes of Enkidu were filled

with tears and his heart was sick."

"But if you refuse to give me the
Bull of Heaven I will break in the
doors of hell and smash the bolts."
Description of how Enkidu heart felt
at the beginning of chapter 2.
Ishtar threatens her father by
saying that she will start an
Metaphors apocalypse.

Gilgamesh Is described Adad the god of storm endowed him with courage
“The hugeness of the cedar rose in front of the mountain, its
shade was beautiful, full of comfort; mountain and glade were as a raging bull
"He is a great warrior,
green with brushwood” a battering ram"
Description of the forest Humbaba's
that Hombaba lives in Description Similes Humbaba "Humbaba whose name was "hugeness"
a ferocious giant. When he roars it is like
the torrent of the storm, his breath is fire,
"when they reached the gate of Uruk the bull went to the river;with
his first snort cracks opened in the earth, and hundred young men
Description of the bull
of heaven destruction Imagery and his jaws are death itself."

fell down to death. With his second snort cracks open and two
hundred fell down to death. With the third cracks open, Enkidu
doubled over but instantly recovered. The god of weather "He began to rage like a
Adad Gilgamesh roars like a
lion when Enkidu dies. lion, lion a lioness robbed
of her whelps."

Shamash the glorious sun GILGAMESH Gave Gilgamesh courage

endowed him with beauty.

Perfect beauty. Gilgamesh's mother
Ninsum

Wife of Lugulbaada
He is the god of storm
who gave Gilgamesh Humbaba
Protector of the
courage
Adad He is the husband of forest

He is the guardian of the forest and

Ereshkigal and the god
of the underworld Sumerian Antum
gets killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
Humbaba Mythology Wife of Anu
Nergal Ishtar
God of the sky
Daughter of
She is the mother of Ninsum
Gilgamesh who is a god Anu

Ekidu is Gilgamesh's best friendwho is Enkidu Goddess of creation

similar to Gilgamesh. He was created by
the gods to be Gilgamesh's equal match
Characters When Enkidu made love to the Harlot for a Aruru
Created Enkidu
weak he became man and the wild animals
She wants to marry Gilgamesh but Ishtar rejected him. Enkidu goes to the kingdom of
was rejected so she attempted to Gilgamesh and thats where he met Gilgamesh.
kill him by sending curses and a
bull causing Enkidu to die
Gilgamesh
Enkidu becomes man
Shamash
He is the sun, who gave He is the main character who Gilgamesh becomes
Gilgamesh his perfect body was created by the gods being friends with Enkidu
two-thirds god and one-third After the fight with Enkidu and Gilgamesh the two
Enlil human. He was made perfect realize that their evenly matched and become friends.
and to rule the civilization
He is the god of Earth and air
who was raged by the
Humbaba is killed Hd dies protecting the forest
murder of of Humbaba
for Gilgamesh and Enkidu. The
forest gets wiped by

Plot Points Gilgamesh and Enkidu

When Ishtar offers Gilgamesh marriage he turns her

down because Ishtar has destroyed many mens live
when she made the same offer. Though she may be a
Gilgamesh turns down beautiful person she is a goddess and is vary stuck up.
Ishtar's offer to marriage
Enkidu dies

In Ishtar's anger for being turned down

she cursed Enkidu to death. When he
died Gilgamesh cried out in anger for a
while and the sought out immortality.