Crossword clues for enkidu
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enkidu \Enkidu\ prop. n. the Sumerian legendary friend of Gilgamish.
Wikipedia
Enkidu ( EN.KI.DU, " Enki's creation") is a central figure in the Ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh. Enkidu was formed from clay and saliva by Aruru, the goddess of creation, to rid Gilgamesh of his arrogance. In the story he is a wild man, raised by animals and ignorant of human society until he is bedded by Shamhat. Thereafter a series of interactions with humans and human ways bring him closer to civilization, culminating in a wrestling match with Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. Enkidu embodies the wild or natural world. Though equal to Gilgamesh in strength and bearing, he acts in some ways as an antithesis to the cultured, urban-bred warrior-king. Enkidu then becomes the king's constant companion and deeply beloved friend, accompanying him on adventures until he is stricken with illness and dies. The deep, tragic loss of Enkidu profoundly inspires in Gilgamesh a quest to escape death by obtaining godly immortality.
Older sources sometimes transliterate his name as Enkimdu, Eabani, or Enkita. Enkidu is a modern variant.
Usage examples of "enkidu".
It might have been easier for Aten to jog the speech of the child Enkidu and thus put him into the temple of Marduk for education, than to create masses of gold for the family or to impress years of tablet practice into a young mind in an instant.
Amalek was not barraging him with blind abuse, he was asking penetrating questions that put Enkidu on the defensive.
The kind priest questioned him further, then led him to another part of the temple, one Enkidu had not seen before.
This entire area could be flooded at will, Enkidu had heard, though he had not realized the scope of the project.
It occurred to Enkidu that he might be forced to defer his visit to Aten's temple until morning.
As such officers had always been, Enkidu thought, and always would be, as long as empires existed and there were men to be exploited and gods who were not merciful.
Startled, Enkidu allowed her to take him by the arm as she directed a plea to the bench.
Tamar took Enkidu by the hand and led him before the tiny altar set into the stone.
He had been eager to sell Enkidu for a fee that surely exceeded that recorded on the tablet.
Surely only Enkidu himself was stupid enough to become a literate dungeon inmate.
Dejected and utterly exhausted, Enkidu lay down on the now-gritty floor and slept.
Without pausing for further consideration, Enkidu yanked out the lined bricks.
Once again Enkidu traveled the long dark hall, past the cell where Amys waited silently—alive!
Once more Enkidu marveled that such a person should maintain so firm an enmity toward an innocent god.
Sargan was even more upset about the girl in the other cell than about Enkidu, but was ready to send them both to the torture if they failed to recant.