Rivalry And Friendship In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

The epic of Gilgamesh is tale of rivalry and friendship combined into one. Gilgamesh, who is considered as the strongest of all is the king of Uruk, but due to his unacceptable behavior, the people of Uruk complain to the gods and then Gilgamesh is challenged by the creation of the god Enkidu, who is a wild warrior sent by the gods to stand against Gilgamesh. “While Gilgamesh is a mixture of human and divine, Enkidu is a blend of human and wild animals, through godlike in his own way” (96). The epic also depicts some word like the ancient city, wilderness and transcendent realms, which in the context of the story suggest as the story took place in the ancient city of Uruk and, as Enkidu was raised in the wild he had the wilderness and the transcendent