Humbaba

the Cedar Forest to fight the ruthless monster, Humbaba. Later on, Enkidu

King The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of Gilgamesh, King of the City State Uruk and a powerful demigod. In the beginning of his tale, Gilgamesh becomes obsessed with the idea of immortality in fame, and wishes to defeat a powerful ogre named Humbaba to be remembered forever by doing the impossible. However, accomplishing this task has little impact on the King after the death of his dear friend, Enkidu, sends Gilgamesh on a new quest to find true immortality. The King finds little success in

Gilgamesh and Enkidu are obviously doubles of each other, but yet they still manage to inspire Gilgamesh to become a better leader. Gilgamesh is the King who is known by everyone and seems to have a lot of power and influence over everyone and Enkidu is the same way, only in the beginning he wasn’t known and was a threat by huntsmen and other people. Both Gilgamesh and Enkidu are two of the strongest men that people recognize and intelligent. They both have the arrogant personality of knowing how

Nowadays there are many movies which are explicitly based on mythologies. In addition, many other motion pictures' narratives are closely parallel with the ancient mythologies. For instance, the similarity of role between Enkidu in the Gilgamesh mythology and the main character in Tarzan’s movie are one of such examples. Even though Tarzan’s story gives less emphasis to the afterlife, both Enkidu and Tarzan pass through related life journeys. Because both characters face similar trials and tribulation

the secret life of immortality. Gilgamesh was a true hero because he was the strongest, caring and the wisest in Mesopotamian society. In the vast great mounting surrounded by secret huge Cedar Forest was the home of a giant creature called Humbaba. This creature wasn’t afraid of anything and he would instantly kill anything that will come on his territory. Anybody who lived in the surrounding was scared of being attacked in everyday life. The giant refused to allow anyone to walk through the

god has a priest that acts as a messenger and an oracle that can see the future. Without the intervention of the gods, both of the heroes’ stories would have had totally different outcomes. Gilgamesh would have probably died in his first fight with Humbaba. Oedipus might have been lucky enough to never find out about his past if the god’s prophecies never came true. Another major difference between the two protagonists is that Gilgamesh is born two-thirds divine and one-third human. He says, “If I

Gilgamesh. From that moment on, the two were very close. They planned a trip to the forest of cedars to defeat the monster known as Humbaba so that Gilgamesh could show his power to the citizens of Uruk. However, Enkidu tried “vainly to dissuade” (18) Gilgamesh in going to the forest. Despite Enkidu’s plead, the two continued on their voyage to the forest where Humbaba lives. Once they arrived, they found the monster and killed him. They cut down trees, “then Enkidu builds a gigantic

each other and formed a friendship.” (George 2003: 17) before joining strength to defeat the ogre Humbaba. For the test against the protector of the Cedar Forest, Enkidu proves the power of betrayal by helping Gilgamesh, his metaphorical brother, kill his old friend Humbaba to assist in the welfare of Uruk (Al-rawi/George). Large planks of cedar were sailed back leagues to Uruk with the head of Humbaba on them, illustrating how vigor can be taken away so effortlessly. Similarly, after Gilgamesh angers

major battles accompanied by their best friends, their friendship had an impact on their behavior which resulted in deadly consequences. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh and his best friend Enkidu go up against and kill the terrifying monster Humbaba. Afterwards, Gilgamesh’s unintelligent actions lead to more strife in which he insults the goddess Ishtar and as a result she punishes Enkidu. As a punishment, Enkidu dies of sickness and Gilgamesh's life changes. His life changes in a way were he

influenced by Enkidu, to rapidly slaughter Humbaba. The conquest is know complete, Gilgamesh and Enkidu return to Uruk with pride and glory making them irresistible men. Their success however does not bring them all glory. Unfortunately, Lady Ishtar proposes to wed Gilgamesh he impertinently declines the offer. Raging in fury lady Ishtar plans to murder Gilgamesh utilizing the bull of heaven, a powerful tool that is later destroyed. The slaughter of Humbaba and the destruction of the bull of heaven