<P> The story introduces Gilgamesh , king of Uruk . Gilgamesh , two - thirds god and one - third man , is oppressing his people , who cry out to the gods for help . For the young women of Uruk this oppression takes the form of a droit du seigneur , or `` lord 's right '' , to sleep with brides on their wedding night . For the young men ( the tablet is damaged at this point ) it is conjectured that Gilgamesh exhausts them through games , tests of strength , or perhaps forced labour on building projects . The gods respond to the people 's pleas by creating an equal to Gilgamesh who will be able to stop his oppression . This is the primitive man , Enkidu , who is covered in hair and lives in the wild with the animals . He is spotted by a trapper , whose livelihood is being ruined because Enkidu is uprooting his traps . The trapper tells the sun - god Shamash about the man , and it is arranged for Enkidu to be seduced by Shamhat , a temple prostitute , his first step towards being tamed . After six days and seven nights of lovemaking and teaching Enkidu about the ways of civilization , she takes Enkidu to a shepherd 's camp to learn how to be civilized . Gilgamesh , meanwhile , has been having dreams about the imminent arrival of a beloved new companion and asks his mother , Ninsun help to interpret these dreams . </P>
<P> The story introduces Gilgamesh , king of Uruk . Gilgamesh , two - thirds god and one - third man , is oppressing his people , who cry out to the gods for help . For the young women of Uruk this oppression takes the form of a droit du seigneur , or `` lord 's right '' , to sleep with brides on their wedding night . For the young men ( the tablet is damaged at this point ) it is conjectured that Gilgamesh exhausts them through games , tests of strength , or perhaps forced labour on building projects . The gods respond to the people 's pleas by creating an equal to Gilgamesh who will be able to stop his oppression . This is the primitive man , Enkidu , who is covered in hair and lives in the wild with the animals . He is spotted by a trapper , whose livelihood is being ruined because Enkidu is uprooting his traps . The trapper tells the sun - god Shamash about the man , and it is arranged for Enkidu to be seduced by Shamhat , a temple prostitute , his first step towards being tamed . After six days and seven nights of lovemaking and teaching Enkidu about the ways of civilization , she takes Enkidu to a shepherd 's camp to learn how to be civilized . Gilgamesh , meanwhile , has been having dreams about the imminent arrival of a beloved new companion and asks his mother , Ninsun help to interpret these dreams . </P>
who helps gilgamesh interpret his dreams of a new companion
who helps gilgamesh interpret his dreams of a new companion
his mother , Ninsun
his mother , Ninsun