Epic Of Gilgamesh - Full Version

"But Gilgamesh," Utnapishtim said, "who will gather the gods for you? Let me test you. Stay awake for six days and seven nights."

But in his youth, Gilgamesh was not a builder. He was a storm. Gilgamesh, son of the goddess Ninsun and the heroic Lugalbanda, was the strongest man alive. His body stood eleven cubits tall; his chest spanned nine. But his heart was restless. By day, he drove the young men of Uruk to exhaustion—wrestling contests, forced marches, games too brutal for mortal limbs. By night, he claimed the right of the first night , entering the bridal chamber before the groom. epic of gilgamesh full version

They kissed. They clasped hands. And Gilgamesh found his equal. Now restless again, Gilgamesh proposed a death-defying journey: to the Cedar Forest , home of the demon Humbaba , whose roar was the flood, whose mouth was fire, whose breath was death. The elders of Uruk wept. "You are too young to die, King." "But Gilgamesh," Utnapishtim said, "who will gather the

"I have lost my brother Enkidu. I have sat at his graveside. Now I am afraid of death. I want to find Utnapishtim, the Faraway, who survived the Flood." He was a storm