Entry 1 (Tablets 1-3)

Role of Women in the Tablets of Gilgamesh

Major effects within the Tablets happened because of the causes and actions taken by women. Enkidu, who at first was a wild and nature-belonging male, turned to become a knowledgeable man, belonging to a civilization, just because Shamhat, the temple prostitute, convinced him to fall for her. Without Shamhat, Enkidu wouldn’t have thought of going towards Uruk, towards civilization, to eventually fight for power versus Gilgamesh.

When the King Gilgamesh told his mother about the dream, he didn’t think whether the interpretation was to be wrong, and thought acceptable of what his mother finally said.

The interpretation can be told to be though, wrong, as what this woman had predicted was mostly positive. Never did she imagine that there were chances as well, for the meteor her son couldn’t lift to be a ruler, another man, whose dominance could be bigger. Therefore, for what he was told, Gilgamesh never imagine too, that the meteor fallen from the skies was mostly his competition. Thinking it was a present from the Gods, he didn’t prepare for what might be a dangerous arrival.