The story of a king and his double

In the beginning of Gilgamesh they explain to the reader that there is an ox king named Gilgamesh. He rules Uruk “the keeping place of Anu and Ishtar.”(pg.3) and has complete power over everything. An old man was not happy with the way he had no say in anything so he complained to the gods that he was to powerful. He called the goddess Aruru to create a double of Gilgamesh. He was born from the earth and lived in the forest. A hunter later complained to Gilgamesh saying that a hairy body man was unset his traps and he is not able to hunt. Gilgamesh said he will send a lady to charm him. After seven days together Enkiru the hairy bodied man goes into Uruk. Enkiru guarded the flocks of the Sheppard’s so they can sleep peacefully. On e day a man comes and sais he is going to a wedding and said “Before the husband Gilgamesh, will lie in pleasure with the bride in the marital chamber.”(pg. 14) This upsets Enkiru so he goes stops Gilgamesh. They have a big fight but make up and kiss. Enkiru tells Gilgamesh about Huwawa who is very powerful and was sent by Enlil to guard the Cedar Forest. They decide to go fight with Huwawa and after a discussion of who will go first they decide to go together. Rimat-Ninsun Gilgamesh’s mother decides to adopt Enkiru because he has no parents. You can really notice that this book is from Mesopotamia due to how they are polytheist and the repetition of the points. I was not expecting the story to be this good due to the time it was written in but it is still a good story.