Gilgamesh and Enkidu's Relationship
How did Enkidu feel after hearing about Gilgamesh's reign over Uruk?
Angered.
Humbaba
Who sends the Bull of Heaven to attack Gilgamesh and Enkidu?
Ishtar
What did Gilgamesh prepare for Enkidu in the Netherworld?
A banquet.
How did the gods reward Uta-napishti for surviving the Great Flood?
Made him immortal.
What did the people of Uruk do when they first saw Enkidu?
Compared him to Gilgamesh.
What did Ninsun do to prepare Gilgamesh and Enkidu for their fight?
Prayed to Shamash for his help.
Why did Ishtar send the Bull of Heaven to attack Gilgamesh and Enkidu?
Gilgamesh rejected her marriage proposal.
Who guarded the entrance to the Netherworld?
Scorpion men.
What does Uta-napishti challenge Gilgamesh to do if he wants eternal life?
Go a week without sleep.
What did Enkidu do to Gilgamesh after meeting him for the first time?
They fought each other.
What did Gilgamesh believe that his dreams were about?
Foreshadowing the battle with Humbaba.
What did Enkidu do after the fight that angered Ishtar even more?
Threw the leg of the bull at her.
Why did Gilgamesh go into the Netherworld?
To try and resurrect Enkidu.
How long does Gilgamesh go without sleep?
Not even a day.
Became friends.
What do Gilgamesh and Enkidu do in the forest after killing Humbaba?
Cutting down the forest.
How was Enkidu punished for what he did after the fight with the Bull?
Fell ill and died.
What other challenge must Gilgamesh accomplish to achieve eternal life?
Find a plant-like coral at the bottom of the sea.
What two objects symbolized Enkidu in Gilgamesh's dreams?
Meteor, Axe.
What do they build with the greatest Cedar tree?
A door for the Temple of Enlil
What did Gilgamesh say that he would build for Enkidu after he died?
A great statue.
True or False: Gilgamesh achieves immortality by the end of the story.
False.