Gilgamesh’s transition in time.

     Gilgamesh is one of the most transitional stories we have read so far. Unlike other myths, Gilgamesh has its own way of delivering characterization and their transition in time. For example, Enkidu is first presented as an uncivilized man and as menace for Gilgamesh, “Enkidu was created, there was virtue in him of the god of war. His body was rough, and covered with matted hair like Samuqan’s, the god of cattle. He was innocent of mankind he knew nothing of the cultivated land. He ate grass in the hills with the gazelle and lurked with the beasts at the water-holes.” (Part 1, pg. 13)This ilustrates how savage Enkidu was, until the day the seductive will of woman, turned him into something we would have never expected, a conceited man; “Then the woman said, ‘Enkidu, eat bread, it is the staff of life, drink wine, it is the custom of the land.’ So, he ate till he was full and drank strong wine, seven goblets. he became merry, his heart exulted and his face shone. He rubbed down the matted hair of his body and anointed himself with oil. He appeared like bridegroom.” (part 1, pg 16) It is important to conclude that, no matter how strong or savage Enkidu was, the weakness for a woman was always hidden inside him. And that made him a new man in a old world, a world that will transform his entire life.