Sometimes Enkidu is called Enkimdu, Eabani or Enkita. This man is found in the Sumerian myth, “The Epic of Gilgamesh”, a tale about a selfish king who learns about his faults and mortality from an unlikely source - Enkidu. Enkidu was a wild man who ran with savages and ate with the beasts. He is tamed by the harlot, Shamhat and then joins mankind.

Enkidu befriends Gilgamesh, but ends up dying. Before his death, he teaches Gilgamesh how to be a good and honorable king. Even in death, Enkidu has a lesson for Gilgamesh, that of mortality.

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