meaning of the epic of gilgame

When Gilgamesh returns to Uruk after the loss of the wonder herb, it seems at first glance to be merely a return to the beginning. It has us wondering if his journey had been in vain. I do not think that this is the case. He did not find the eternal life which he hoped and longed for. But through the inner experiences on his journey when searching for immortality he changed. He must now submit to the ways of the underworld, to death. This seems to be the next task, for which, it seems, he is only now ready; for he has seen Utnapishtim, he came to know the “secret of the gods,” and found the herb of life. He saw the light he longed to see, an

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