Enkidu’s Illness
The next morning Enkidu Gilgamesh night deems save the Dream told in I woke up: “Dear friend, I saw a strange dream tonight. In my dream, the god of thunder in the wisdom of God EA, Air-god Enlil and the sky bright light of the Sun God Samas were collected. God Anu, Enlil to, “They killed the Sky Bull and Huwawa. So either of them must die, Gilgames must die!” To him the God Enlil said, “No, Enkidu will die!” he fought back. He appeared on the Sun God Samas throwing, ‘monster of the cedar forest, the sky did they kill bull on my orders, why were innocent Enkidu going to die ?!’ Then Enlil said to Samas, ‘Every day you come down and become like one of them, so you protect them . Yes Enkidu will die! ‘ said”. Tears began to flow from Enkidu’s eyes as he spoke these. Gilgames cries with him , on the other hand, “Dear brother, can I be without you? No, there will be no such thing , you will not die. If you die, what do I do? In dreams, everything knitted does not come out, do not worry.” in “what if he dies !?” he was upset. Goddess Istar was so angry that Gilgames did not want to marry him and killed his friend and the bull that he should avenge him as soon as possible and shoot Gilgames in the house of life. He knew how devoted he was to Enkidu. It would be a great punishment to Gilgames to separate En-kidu from him . He decided immediately. Enkidu would die, but he himself The one who dared to kill the bull of a goddess like this, and to throw her hips in the face, could not be left unpunished . Gilgames must find his punishment by separating from his dear friend, and Enkidu by dying. Instead of killing Enkidu suddenly, he wanted him to die slowly, in pain. Enkidu fell ill. He was chirping in pain. Gilgames did not leave his head , did not know how to eradicate his suffering. Physicians brought it. He had drugs done. He appealed to the wizards , but none of them had any effect, getting heavier by the day. One morning, Enkidu told Gilgames, “My dear brother, I had a dream again tonight. According to this dream, you are trying to live me in vain. I saw in a dream that I will die.” he said, and began to tell his dream: “the sky roars, ground groaning. I’m all alone. Face the water puke, her feet were thrown to an animal escape similar to the eagle. As vomited wings My arm was tüylenmis. He’s my face looked and took me Yeralti Goddess of Irkalla to a dark house. there goes did not return never on the road. that house, which are eating dust and mud, in the dark were sitting. There were wings from clothes like vomit of them. There are old kings, high priests, monks assistants, magic and enchantment there were that priests and monks which emerges into the sky. Yeralti goddess of Ereskigal to, At his knees, his clerk Belit-Seri was reading a tablet in his hand. For me, it is not a heartwarming dream. I will probably go to that place that cannot be returned, “he said. Gilgames tried to comfort him, but he himself did not believe what he was saying. His friend would leave him alone. As the day passed, Enkidu’s illness was getting worse. One day, Enkidu said, “My dear friend, I know I will die. The feeling of dying in bed is terrible! I would rather die in war. Those who died in war are considered holy and heroes. Goddess punishes me very badly.” Among the Enkidu disease, the hunter, who from time to time made himself an urban hunter who saved himself from the wild, was angry at Samhat, cursing and curses for bringing him to Uruk from living with animals and without sorrow . Most interesting is the tree he brought from the cedar forests, the god Enlil in Nippur.
The door he had made to his temple was what he said, as if he was in front of him and alive: “You stupid, unsympathetic door! I cut your tree out of the best wood and brought it all the way from the cedar forest. I had you done by the best carpenters! I took you all the way to Nippur and appreciated it. I also had my name engraved to let them know what I did.
In doing this I thought you would help me with God Enlil, I would defend me . But what a trip! See how our great God Enlil has done me. I’ve been waiting for my death . For this, I want to take an ax in my hand and tear you apart, if there is a possibility now. I hope the kings who come after me do not value you at all! Even my name will be erased from you! “He was crying on the one hand. This time, he raised his hands to the Sun God Samas in tears,” O great God, my love and respect to you are eternal. You came to our aid in our troubled days. The storms you sent helped us catch Humbaba. Now I would like some other help from you. The hunter who separated me from the dirt and my animals, can no longer hunt animals, no power in your arms, no food! Sister Samhat should not have a home of her own, a child she will love. His place is on the street, the dirty water he drinks. Let the people see him downstairs , the drunks get upset! “The Sun God Samas, who heard this, told Enkidu,” Why are they angry with them, you want bad things for them from me. Avci introduced you to Sarahat. Sister Samhat taught you to eat bread as befitting the kingdom, to drink wine and beer that delight the hearts. He puts you in good clothes . Most importantly, it made you a friend of someone like Gilgames. He is now laying you on the kingdom bed. He tries to comfort you with dignity. He also stays with him. Your Behind you all the people of Uruk will cry and mourn. Gilgamesh de After sending you will embrace kill the body and lion skins to bürünerek, deserts will wander, “he said. Did calm down so many have heard of Enkidu and began to think. It was toward the Sun God dedigi. Kirlar in had continued to live with animals, these will not be any of, like an animal will die would destroy the animal corpses. All these have been ut from bad to think of doing the prayer was regret. this once again Samasa “What would the great God! Forgive me, I realized I made a big mistake in asking for them. You never heard what I wanted. I just want to say good prayers for Samhat. I liked him very much. Me full he had been a teacher. Actually, I can’t pay for it. What happens! May the kings love him! Let the boys be in love with him. Crowns of lavicert stone are placed on his head, doors of treasures open to him. Let even a woman with seven children be sacrificed for ugruna! ” Enkidu, whose illness was growing day by day, closed his eyes never to open again. Whatever Gilgames did to wake him up, he did not wake up. Gilgames fell on his friend in great pain . For seven days and seven nights no one could lift him. Now Enkidu’s body was beginning to rot, and worms were coming out of his nose when they did what they did and lifted Gilgames .
Enkidu’s death had shot Gilgames in the house of life as the Goddess had requested. His only brother and friend, whom he loved so much, spent every moment with him, had died. What was he going to do now? His eye couldn’t see anything, he was crying day and night. Because of his pain, he teared his beautiful clothes, his hair was torn . He would shout and call, none of them could bring him back, nor could they! To the people and the elders who came to comfort him, “My dear people, my friends, I love you all, you know. Enkidu was a sincere friend to me. Therefore, do not condemn me for crying like a woman . Every man, woman and man, has the right to cry, rejoice, laugh at the time of pain . Since our Gods. it gave us that feeling, why not use it! I was so used to Enkidu that for me it was an arrow-bow in my hand, a dagger on my waist, a shield in front of me, a festive dress, an endless source of joy . It was stolen from me. My dear friend was wandering in the dirt with wilds, panthers, lions. We did the hardest things with him . With him we killed Huva-va, the monster of the sky bogaz, the cedar forests. He is now in such a sleep that he cannot hear me. He does not open his eyes. I’m looking at his heart, he’s not beating, ” he said.
Yet itself does not hold, and still she said, “for my dear friend, was Enkidu like everyone else, you hold all assets of mourning! Together gone our ways, Astigi our mountains, like her mother, is about k are, panthers, lions, jackals, all wild animals, our circulates on the edge of the holy Ulan River , the pure River of Firat, whose water we offer to the Gods in our overalls, the people of Uruk that we saved from Huvava , those who make beer, those who prepare food, may all cry and mourn!
the monks who do it, pull your hair out for you! Hear, people of Uruk! Agid I did for my dear friend Enkidu! My heart is burning, what a difficult friend, friend to suffer! To forget his pain , I have no choice but to put my hair down, put on a lion skin and throw myself into the dirt, ”he said.
In between these voices and rumors, an idea came into Gilgames’ mind to calm him a little . Yep, why hadn’t he thought of that before! He immediately called sculptors, sculptors, coppersmiths, jewelers.
To them, “My dear friend, I want to introduce my brother Enkidu to our next generations. So I ask you to make a statue of him. But such a statue that its skin will be all gold and the chest part of dark blue stone. You must wish it somewhere that everyone can see. . Those who come to Uruk should see him first, kiss his feet! Start immediately without delay! ” he gave the order.
Whatever Gilgames did, he still couldn’t get rid of Enkidu’s pain. What would happen if I could see him again? It seemed as if if he saw it again, he would forget all his pain. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind that I would go and call our Gods, maybe they could help me see him again. First to Enlil, father of the Gods, he appealed, he ignored. The Moon God told Nanna his trouble, and he ignored it. Then he thought , “The only God who can cure this must be Enki, the God of Wisdom. He knows and loves to help people. He can also show me my dear friend once again”, and he went to his palace of questioning in Eridu at once and told him of his troubles to the side. Enki, God of Wisdom, you make a request that there is no way for me to do it. How can I resurrect someone who is dying? Permission to leave the underworld was given only to our Shepherd God Dumuzi. But he’s a God. And yet he can stay on earth for six months. ” Gilgames said , though he heard these, he still haunted God, ceaselessly praying, “ What if I could see him once more! ”God Enki after long thought , “ If the Sun God Samas If he drilled a hole underground, the shadow of Enkidu might come out, but only for a short time. ” Gilgames said , when he heard this, he was excited as if it was immediately, and with tears in his eyes, “ Only his shadow, I am willing, if only for a short time, if only, let me see him again ” she bent her neck and pleaded. He spoke so sincerely that the God Enki could not bear it and promised that he would try to provide it, and by keeping his promise he made the Sun God Samas open the glorious door of the underworld and the shadow of Enkidu from underground . It seemed to be seen the two friends hugging each other with great love and longing. They were both kissing each other endlessly with tears. Unfortunately, this meeting would not last long . Meanwhile, Gilgames wanted to know what was happening underground. For him, “What happens, my dear friend, tell me about the underworld! What is there? What kind of a life do you lead there?” asked. Enkidu’s cheerful face faded. Tears in your eyes again was emptied. While trying to erase them, he said, “Dear brother, do not remind me of them, don’t make me say! If I tell you what I have seen, you will cry, I do not want to upset you with them in our very quiet meeting .” These words are Gilgames’! he was more curious. He wanted to listen, no matter what , and share every sorrow with him. That’s why he started to compress it again to tell him about Enkidu . Enkidu realized that he could not be thirsty any longer, and said, “My dear brother, my beautiful body , which I cannot resist to rub my hand , are now gnawing at my underground insects and wolves like an old garment. Your favorite, lovingly oxidized head has turned into a mud boat. The food there is dust, soil.” Gilgames had a great chill as he listened to these. While he was feeling sorry for his friend, his own death suddenly came to his mind, and he immediately thought “I will be like that , when I die, no, I should not die, what should I do and find immortality” . Enkidu changed the subject, believing that his distraction was because of his grief for him. “You know, Gilgames, the first thing I saw there was Ninazu, the God of Plants . He was lying naked on the ground. He was so beautiful that his breasts looked straight and smooth like a vase made of marble . How much I wanted to touch him, but I was actually scared. Someone was hanging on a nail. If he regretted his sins , he would break off the nail and fall, but he did not mind it out of stubbornness. he was lying in their beds and drinking cold water. The mother, father and wife of those who died in the war were working for him . ” Gilgames,” Pattern, there is another kind of life there too! “” So my dear friend. It is the work of those who have many sons but died. The one with five sons brings justice to the palace with open arms like a good scribe; His heart is joyful as he is driving a plow; The one with seven sons looks like someone close to God. The poorest ones are those who died in the dirt and were not buried. Their shadows are uncomfortable. ” As soon as Enkidu finished his words, their reunion period was declared complete. They both embraced again , in tears they separated from each other to never meet again. Gilgames’s trouble was renewed again, and the fear of death came upon him. He said, “I should not die too , what should I do and find immortality.”
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