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  2. Shamhat - Wikipedia

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    Shamhat plays the integral role in Tablet I, of taming the wild man Enkidu, who was created by the gods as the rival to the mighty Gilgamesh. Shamhat was a sacred temple prostitute or harimtu. [2] She is used by the Hunter to use her attractiveness to tempt Enkidu from the wild, and his 'wildness', civilizing him through continued sacred love ...

  3. List of characters in Epic of Gilgamesh - Wikipedia

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    He is eventually discovered by a hunter, who after consulting his father and the king of his city, Gilgamesh, brings the prostitute Shamhat to the forest to seduce him. [34] She subsequently takes Enkidu first to a camp of shepherds, where he learns to act like a human and fulfills the role of a night watchman, and eventually to Uruk. [35]

  4. Epic of Gilgamesh - Wikipedia

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /) [2] is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia.The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh (formerly read as Sumerian "Bilgames" [3]), king of Uruk, some of which may date back to the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100 BCE). [1]

  5. Enkidu - Wikipedia

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    The hunter informs his father, who sends him to Uruk to ask Gilgamesh for help. The king sends Shamhat, a sacred prostitute, who seduces and teaches Enkidu. After two weeks with her, he becomes human, intelligent and understanding words, however the beasts flee when they see him. Shamhat convinces Enkidu to face the tyrant Gilgamesh in combat.

  6. Gilgamesh - Wikipedia

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    Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /, [7] / ɡ ɪ l ˈ ɡ ɑː m ɛ ʃ /; [8] Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames) [9] [a] was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC.

  7. Category:Characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. List of prostitutes and courtesans of antiquity - Wikipedia

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    Shamhat (𒊩𒌑𒉺, Šamḫat) Fictional (18th century BC) In the old Babylonian version of the Gilgamesh epic, a sacred temple prostitute ( harimtu ) who inducts Enkidu into Babylonian sexual rites and is therefore partly responsible for civilising the wild man.

  9. The Epic of Gilgamesh (Martinů) - Wikipedia

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh (Czech: Epos o Gilgamešovi) is an oratorio for solo voices, chorus and orchestra by Bohuslav Martinů composed in 1954–1955 near Nice in France, [1] and premiered in 1958 [2] in Basel, Switzerland, with a title and text in German, as Das Gilgamesch-Epos.