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Through his journey, Gilgamesh learns that mortality is inescapable, and that is what characterizes humans.
The Ordinary World
The Call to Adventure
Refusal
Mentor Helper
"Gilgamesh was king of Uruk, a city set between the Tigris and Euphrates river in ancient Babylonia."
"Ninsun said: The ax is a man who is your friend and equal. He will come. A graceful man who will lift you out of tiredness" (20).
"They fell like wolves at each other's throats, like bulls bellowing and horses gasping for breath..." (23).
Crossing the Threshold
Test/ Allies/ Enemies
"Some called the forest 'Hell,' and others 'Paradise'..." (35).
"And then he raised his ax up higher. And swung it in a perfect arc into Humbaba's neck. He reached out to touch the wounded shoulder of his friend..." (41).
Ordeal
"Ishtar came. Their city's patroness, Goddess of love and fruitfulness and war" (42).
"Enkidu, to protect his friend, found strength. He lunged from side to side watching for his chance to seize the horns" (45).
"Tears filled his eyes as he appealed to Ninsun, his mother, and to the elders" (48).
"Gilgamesh wandered through the desert alone as he had never been alone" (54).
"When he arrived at the mountains of Mashu, whose peaks reach to the shores of Heaven and whose roots descend to Hell..." (56).
Approach
"He entered the Road of the Sun which was so shrouded in darkness that he could see neither what was ahead of him nor behind" (59).
"Alright, she sighed; she had despaired of him already. You must find his boatman Urshanabi..." (66).
Second Call to Adventure
Reward
Road Back/ Return
"Utnapishtim stood on the other shore, his old and rugged features worn by the seas and deserts he himself had crossed" (72).
"There is a plant in the river, Its thorns will prick your hands as a rose thorn pricks but it will give to you new life" (84).
Gilgamesh learns that no one can escape death and mortality is, therefore, inevitable.