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Gilgamesh Tablet
In most of The Epic Poem of Gilgamesh, the twelfth tablet does not exist in most of the epic. This section is not included in some translations and versions. The authors of this epic poem added this tablet to this poem, but the reason why is still not found. It does not keep up a correspondence with the rest of the poem and this tablet also disagrees with some events that are a main focus. In The Epic Poem of Gilgamesh Tablet XII, Gilgamesh drops a stick through a small hole in the floor of the home of a carpenter and the stick fell through the hole into the Nether World. A character named Enkidu wants to go down to the Nether World to receive this stick. Gilgamesh told Enkidu if he wanted to go recover this stick in the Nether World, he must not magnetize any attention or he will be killed. As Enkidu enters the Nether World, he does not take any of Gilgamesh’s advice. He did the exact opposite of what he was told. A queen of the …show more content…
Endiku goes down to the Nether World ignoring what Gilgamesh have told him about not making yourself seen, he becomes noticeable and is taking by death. I do not know why the stick in the beginning of the tablets was mentioned. This tablet does not explain why there were heroes there and what were their actions about the situations that were taking place. The only way I can explain the stick and the hole is that the stick was used to as an object to open the hole into the Nether World. After Endiku is taken by death, Ea from tablet eleven helps him and Gilgamesh overcome the outcome of Endiku decisions. This allows Gilgamesh to learn about the men with sons which is the fate. Endiku tells about the people he had seen the Nether World which highlights the essential connection people have on earth. The homeless guy who left no one behind to remember him emphasizes that people who have support are the ones who has great

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