Short description of Epic of Gilgamesh

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Epic of Gilgamesh

One of the biggest parts of the story is Gilgamesh's battles. First is his battle with Enkidu, which happens because Gilgamesh had made a law that he would get to have intercourse with women on their wedding night, even before their husbands. Enkidu didn't agree with this so he stood in Gilgamesh's way. From the story I couldn't figure out who won, if anyone, since there are so many lines missing. But after the fight Gilgamesh and Enkidu became friends.

The next battle was Enkido and Gilgamesh's battle with Humbaba. In this battle what I thought was interesting was how it tells that Humbaba begged Gilgamesh for his life and Enkidu just kept telling him to kill him anyway. Then Humbaba starts begging Enkidu to have Gilgamesh spare his life. But that was a no go, Enkidu pretty much told Gilgamesh to hurry up so the gods wouldn't show up and stop him. He also told Gilgamesh that if he killed Humbaba he would be infamous.

Then the battle with the Bull of Heaven was next. This battle happened because Gilgamesh insulted the princess goddess Ishtar after she had made sexual