ultimately metamorphosed into the spiritual entity, Buddha. Siddharthas search for truth led him away from his familiar foundation of life as a means by which to seek out what

shepherd of Uruk-Haven, is he the shepherd. ... bold, eminent, knowing, and wise! Gilgamesh does not leave a girl to her mother(?) The daughter of the warrior, the bride of

at the same time he is a monster to his people, an arrogant man in the beginning who takes any woman he wants. The people plead with the gods to

so he takes his focus off of the people. This creature is Enkidu. Enkidu was very much a creature, an animal of sorts, with great powers of strength. He was

seventh century library of Assurbanipal, antiquary and last great king of the Assyrian Empire. He sent out his servants to search the archives of Babylon, Uruk and Nippur to copy

the flood in Genesis is clearly connected to the deeds of the people. Noah is saved because of his righteousness, as he was "blameless among the people of his time,

elements of the heros journey that provide greater understanding of the quest and what the hero learns as a result. This journey is typically some type of "rite of

heart of the story of Gilgamesh is the desire of the titular hero to overcome the curse of mortality and grant a sense of meaning to his life through the

that governs her life also controls the actions associated with her troubled existence; being both underhanded and manipulative, Clytemnestra never dreams she would need to call upon the very depths

as a result Enkindu is created. In many respects, one could state that both characters are two sides of the same heroic coin. And, as such, both progress psychologically

best friend and traveling companion, Enkidu, dies. Gilgamesh is so upset by his friends death that he goes into a great depression. Sorrow was come into my belly. I

quite evident that Gilgamesh, in the beginning, is clearly not a hero. But, the gods send down Enkidu to challenge him and kill him. One author notes that Gilgamesh is

If anyone needed a friend to set him on the right path, it was Gilgamesh. Because he is part man and part God, Gilgamesh believes he

to her mother(?)" (The Epic of Gilgamesh). The gods hear and one goddess does something about it, creating the creature/man known as Enkidu. Prior to Gilgameshs knowing Enkidu he is

instances in which injustice is stared down. By the time Tablet II of The Epic of Gilgamesh was written, King Gilgamesh of Uruk had established quite a reputation for himself,