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Book Information Ancient Dwarven Book I
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Found in the following locations: Thuncharnthumz (×9) Thuncharnthumz Library (×24)

Ancient Dwarven Book I

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the epic of gilgamesh i

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 ords 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 peoples 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 or two weeks according to more recent scholarship of lovemaking and teaching enkidu about the ways of civilization she takes enkidu to a shepherds 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 to help interpret these dreams

shamhat brings enkidu to the shepherds camp where he is introduced to a human diet and becomes the night watchman Learning from a passing stranger about gilgameshs treatment of new brides enkidu is incensed and travels to uruk to intervene at a wedding when gilgamesh attempts to visit the wedding chamber enkidu blocks his way and they fight after a fierce battle enkidu acknowledges gilgameshs superior strength and they become friends gilgamesh proposes a journey to the cedar forest to slay the monstrous demi god humbaba in order to gain fame and renown despite warnings from enkidu and the council of elders gilgamesh is not deterred

Notes

• As an Easter egg, the text is actually an English summary of the Epic of Gilgamesh.