Epic Of Gilgamesh Full Version -

They fought like bulls tearing at a cedar. They shattered the doorframe. They tore up the paving stones. Gilgamesh finally pinned Enkidu to the ground. But instead of rage, they both laughed. Enkidu spoke: "Your mother bore you to be supreme. I am no longer your rival. I am your brother."

"Turn back, little kings, or I will grind your bones into my bread." epic of gilgamesh full version

They forged weapons: axes of twelve pounds, swords of fifty pounds. Gilgamesh prayed to the sun god Shamash, who hated Humbaba. Shamash gave him three dreams, each more dreadful than the last. In the first, a mountain fell on him. In the second, a bull split the earth. In the third, a thunderbird set the world on fire. They fought like bulls tearing at a cedar

Gilgamesh drove his sword through Humbaba's neck. The mountains wept resin. The cedar trees swayed in grief. They cut down the tallest tree for Uruk's gate, and they sailed home on the Euphrates with Humbaba's head as a trophy. Ishtar, goddess of love and war, saw Gilgamesh gleaming with cedar resin and glory. She climbed the walls of Uruk, adorned in jewels, and called to him: "Come, Gilgamesh, be my lover. Give me your fruit. I will give you a chariot of lapis lazuli and a house of sweet-smelling reeds." Gilgamesh finally pinned Enkidu to the ground

Enkidu agreed. But when he heard that Gilgamesh still claimed the bride-right, his new human heart burned with justice. He planted himself at the door of the wedding house, blocking the king's path.

Siduri directed him to , the boatman of the dead. Urshanabi agreed to ferry him across the Waters of Death—but only if Gilgamesh cut three hundred punting poles, since any touch of those waters killed instantly.