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Theme of Revenge in 2 Ancient Texts

gainst Humbaba to do battle. When Gilgamesh refuses the marriage proposal of the goddess of love, Ishtar, she sends a divine bull against him, a form of divine revenge, and he and Enkidu kill it. Enkidu dreams that he must die for his role in killing the bull, and he does die--the goddess exacts her revenge for being defied. Gilgamesh seeks a way to see that his friend is granted eternal life and sets out on a journey to meet the one man who survived the Great Flood. Gilgamesh is a brutal warrior when called upon to fight for himself or his people, but he can also express himself in acts of kindness and duty such as those he undertakes for his friend.

Many of the elements in this epic can be found in other epics, from the journey as a quest for some advantage to the slaying of a creature sent to do destruction. The epic also echoes certain social values in its celebration of the hero, its reverence for the gods, and its belief in the ruler-hero as a god himself. The people of this time also believe in fate and place their fate in the hands of the gods, and that fate is usually conveyed by means of dreams or other portents. Gilgamesh lives in a way that is ordained by the gods. The leader is seen as embodying the fate, security, and stability of the people and their kingdom. When Gilgamesh dies, the people lament. Every aspect of life is ascribed to a god or gods--the death of Gilgamesh is attributed to Ereshki

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