Gilgamesh1
The search for Everlasting Life
Gilgamesh wept over the death of his friend Enkidu. He thought that he was also going
to die like his brother. So he went to see Utnapishtim who has everlasting life. So he went
out looking for it and came to a great mountain named Mashu. At the front of the moutain
stood two men-scorpion. they saw courage and strength in Gilgamesh and let him through
the moutains. They told
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your youth back. So Gilgamesh went under the sea and got it. On the
way back they stopped for rest, and Gilgamesh went for a bath and a serpent took the
plant. They then returned to Uruk and wrote a story of the trip on a rock.
The Death of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh returned home safely and died. It was his destiny was to be a great king. His
destiny was not to achieve everlasting life.
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