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Enkidu has a dream where the gods decide that the heroes must die, since they have killed Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven. Samash protests against the decision, but that does not change anything, and Enkidu is sentenced to death. This makes Enkidu curse the door he built with the wood of the forest and Shamhat, for having changed his wild life.
[16] [14] Tablet VII begins with Enkidu recounting a dream in which he saw Anu, Ea, and Shamash declare that either Gilgamesh or Enkidu must die as punishment for having slain the Bull of Heaven. [2] They choose Enkidu, who soon grows sick, [2] and dies after having a dream of the Underworld. [2]
In Enkidu's dream, the gods decide that one of the heroes must die because they killed Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven. Despite the protestations of Shamash, Enkidu is marked for death. Enkidu curses the great door he has fashioned for Enlil's temple. He also curses the trapper and Shamhat for removing him from the wild.
Humbaba notices Gilgamesh and Enkidu immediately after their arrival, and wonders why did they enter the forest. [134] It is possible that the subsequent passage contains a reference to his musicians, best known from the Sulaymaniyah Museum copy of the Standard Babylonian version, which might indicate the events of tablet V of the latter ...
Other Sumerian Gilgamesh stories include Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld (GEN), Gilgamesh and Huwawa, and Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven. Some historians believe that these four stories used to all belong to one larger Sumerian Gilgamesh cycle, which began with GEN and ended by the Death of Gilgamesh , with the other two texts ...
Despite being a place where "the raven uttered no cries" and "the lion killed not, the wolf snatched not the lamb, unknown was the kid-killing dog, unknown was the grain devouring boar", Dilmun had no water and Enki heard the cries of its goddess, Ninsikil, and orders the sun-god Utu to bring fresh water from the Earth for Dilmun. As a result,
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Enkidu then attempts to kill Ana, realizing that her weapon and eyes are capable of killing immortals, making her a threat to the goddesses. Merlin orders Fou to teleport Ana to safety. Suddenly, Enkidu's mother and the Goddess of Demonic Beasts, Tiamat, awakens and prepares to attack Ritsuka and Mash.