Gilgamesh sat down. Sleep rolled over him like fog.
"Turn back, little kings, or I will grind your bones into my bread."
"But Gilgamesh," Utnapishtim said, "who will gather the gods for you? Let me test you. Stay awake for six days and seven nights." epic of gilgamesh full version
"Aruru, you made Gilgamesh. Now make his equal. Let them clash like wild bulls, and let Uruk find peace."
Aruru washed her hands, pinched off clay, and threw it into the wild. From that clay, she shaped , the primal man. His body was covered in shaggy hair; his head bore hair like a woman's. He ate grass with the gazelles, jostled wild beasts at waterholes, and set animal traps free with his own hands. Tablet II: The Taming of the Wild Man A hunter saw Enkidu filling his pit traps and ran to Gilgamesh in terror. "Your Majesty, a creature from the hills has undone all my work. He is naked, strong as a host of heaven, and he releases the animals." Gilgamesh sat down
Enkidu relented and blessed her instead.
Gilgamesh smiled. He was not angry—he was curious. "Go to the temple of Ishtar. Take the temple harlot, Shamhat. When the wild man goes to the waterhole, let her show him what it means to be human." Let me test you
He came to the twin peaks of Mount Mashu, whose gates were guarded by scorpion-men whose terror was death. The scorpion-man saw the desperation in his eyes. "No mortal has passed this mountain. But go. The path of the sun is ahead."