Gilgamesh 1

It was a challenge in the beginning to read and understand the first page and a half of the book. I then dicovered that it was just a matter of getting used to the author's writing before its all clear to you. I noticed that the story had alot of poem like characteristics, and repeated many of the same phrases over and over again.

Some of the main points of the first ten pages were the following. The people of Uruk were having problems with their all-mighty king Giglamesh, so they seek the Godess Aruru for help. She promises them to create a double so that the two could contend and bring peace to Uruk once again. A hunter was the first to see Ekindu (Gigamesh's double), a wild, hairy man, strong as Ninurta, God of war. They think that bringing him a prostitute to seduce him, then he would go away.

This first part of the book gets you a bit confused, because you are almost sure that Ekindu will arrive at Uruk, kill Giglamesh and bring peace to the city once and for all, but this would make the story way too short. It all gets clear to you in the last ten pages.