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boyfriendyke · 5 months ago

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i love how the whole Point of enkidu was to like. be gilgamesh's buddy and make gilgamesh calm the fuck down and shit. and he does sort of. but then later on enkidu's like. YOU HAVE TO KILL HUMBABA YOU HAVE TO KILL HIM NOWWWWWW. enkidu what the fuck. thats not very chill

#and the whole pt of the fight between gilg+enkidu and humbaba is like. man v nature #gilgamesh is a king so he represents civilization very much so #and humbaba is a supernatural forest guardian so. nature. obviously #esp since this is an epic from a very early civilization so man is more vulnerable to nature #but then like. ENKIDU. why are you encouraging this. werent u created as a wildman #though ig this could be like. further emphasizing his transition from wildman to civilized.#like hes gone from being of nature to turning against it and even being afraid of it. ok no that makes sense.#this has been bothering me since last sem i just had to spitball it #OOH OOH. and if enkidu's entire role is to be gilg's advisor and if gilg is a king then of COURSE enkidu would turn against nature #because he wants gilg to be successful meaning civilization must prevail. okok. that makes sense #its just still kinda funny to me. enkidu's supposed to make gilg more calm and responsible #and still they fight literally anything in sight.#absolutely none of u asked for lit posting sorry #jc.txt #wait so. SO. enkidu turns against his own nature for gilgs sake. oooooh hmmm

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