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Who did this?
100
King of Uruk, and the strongest of men
Who is Gilgamesh?
100
after the daughter of the warrior and the bride of the young man complain to Anu
What is creation of Enkidu?
100
two-thirds of him is god, one-third of him is human.
What is Gilgamesh
100
Gilgamesh was born here and becomes the hero of this place
What is Uruk?
100
He created Enkidu
What is Aruru?
200
Gilgamesh's counterpart; raised by animals
Who is Enkidu?
200
after Enkidu learns about Gilgamesh's forced actions towards the destined wife in the marital chamber
What is the fight/battle between Gilgamesh and Enkidu?
200
hairy-bodied and brawny; lived a wild life
What is Enkidu?
200
guarded by Humbaba and is where the gods lived
What is Cedar Forest?
200
Unleashed the Bull of Heaven and placed the nose-rope into the hands of Ishtar
What is Anu?
300
character that gives Gilgamesh a secret that will make him young again
What is Utanapishtim?
300
after Ishtar went crying angrily to her father, who heard her words and granted the Bull of Heaven in her hands
What is the battle between Enkidu and the Bull of Heaven
300
ability to persuade her husband into giving Gilgamesh the secret plant
What is the wife of Utanapishtim
300
place where Gilgamesh is to have intercourse with the "destined wife" before the husband does
What is the marital chamber?
300
seduced Enkidu and introduced him into human ways
What is Shamhat?
400
temple prostitute who tames Enkidu by seducing him away from his natural state
What is Shamhat?
400
after Enkidu had a nightmare about Anzu and being taken to the "House of Darkness"
What is Enkidu's death?
400
his roar is a Flood, his mouth is Fire, his breath is death
What is Humbaba?
400
place where a trapper came face to face with Enkidu for the first time
What is the watering hole?
400
courageously killed the Bull of Heaven
What is Enkidu?
500
the fearsome demon who guards the Cedar Forest
What is Humbaba?
500
after the Utanapishtim gives the secret plant to Gilgamesh and tells him about its rare power
What is the snake that carried off the plant?
500
he is a brave warrior, fair judge, and an ambitious builder
What is Gilgamesh
500
the area where Gilgamesh loses his treasured secret plant
What is a cool water spring?
500
assigned Humbaba as a guard of the Cedar Forest and a terror to human beings
What is Enlil?