... . Gilgamesh's overbearing strength and power terrorize the people and the gods feel the need to give Uruk a break from the king, so they design a foil for him, Enkidu the man of the wild. Enkidu undergoes a process of civilizing when he sleeps with the woman Shamhat, and is then disturbed by Gilgamesh's right at weddings to be the first to sleep with the new wife. Immediately this ... a human concerned with other humans. Gilgamesh and Enkidu do battle and Enkidu yields; the result is their friendship and the setting of their status. Enkidu becomes the protector and hero subservient to Gil...

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