Stormy Heart for Stormy Heart

GILGAMESH went abroad in The World, but he met with none who could withstand his arms till be came to Uruk. 

But The Men of Uruk muttered in their houses, 

'Gilgamesh sounds the tocsin for his amusement, his arrogance has no bounds by day or night. 

No son is left with his father, for Gilgamesh takes them all, even the children; yet the king should be a shepherd to his people. 

His lust leaves no virgin to her lover, neither the warrior's daughter nor the wife of the noble; yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely, and resolute.'

 

The gods heard their lament, the gods of heaven cried to the Lord of Uruk, to Anu the god of Uruk: 

'A goddess made him, strong as a savage bull, none can withstand his arms. 

No son is left with his father, for Gilgamesh takes them all; and is this the king, the shepherd of his people? 

His lust leaves no virgin to her lover, neither the warrior's daughter nor the wife of the noble. 

When Anu had heard their lamentation the gods cried to Aruru, the goddess of creation, 

'You made him, O Aruru; now create his equal; let it be as like him as his own reflection, his second self; stormy heart for stormy heart. Let them contend together and leave Uruk in quiet.'

 

So The Goddess conceived an image in her mind, and it was of the stuff of Anu of the firmament. She dipped her hands in Water and pinched off clay, She let it fall in The Wilderness, and noble Enkidu was created. 

There was Virtue in him of The God of War, of Ninurta himself. 

His body was rough, he had long hair like a woman's; it waved like the hair of Nisaba, the goddess of corn. 

His body was covered with matted hair like Samugan's, the god of cattle. 

He was Innocent of Mankind; he knew nothing of The Cultivated Land.