If her father does not do this Ishtar will open the gates of hell if he does not comply. Anu sends the Bull of Heaven, but Enkidu catches it by the horns, and Gilgamesh kills it. This act made the gods furious and they decided that for killing the Bull of Heaven and for killing Humbaba that one of them (Gilgamesh or Enkidu) must die. The gods chose Enkidu. With the death of Enkidu the companionship is broken and Gilgamesh is left alone and distraught. He is in denial of Enkidu's death and his own, for which he knows must come one day. He heads off into the wilderness in search of Utnapishtim, who was rumored, to have been granted everlasting life from the gods. In time Gilgamesh comes to Mashu, the mountain which guards the rising and setting sun. Here is confronted by a man-scorpion and after telling him why he has come so far the man-scorpion allows Gilgamesh to enter the gate of the of the mountain. Gilgamesh then travels many leagues through total darkness until he reaches the jeweled garden of the gods. Gilgamesh continues his search for Utnapishtim and the meaning of life and death. On his travels he meets Siduri who is the divine wine-maker. She gives him shelter and tries to tell him to accept his human fate and enjoy his life while he still can. Gilgamesh still insists on finding Utnapishtim. Siduri tells him that he must cross the Sea of Death to the place where Utnapishtim and his wife live. After a difficult boat-trip, Urshanabi (the ferryman) brings Gilgamesh to Utnapishtim. Utnapishtim tells him of the story of the flood. In his story he tells Gilgamesh that it was a one time event that will never happen again and because he and his wife survived the gods granted them immortality. Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh that if he stayed awake for six days and seven nights he would assemble the gods for his sake, so that he may find the life for which he was searching. Unfortunately for Gilgamesh he was not able to stay awake.
