Babylonian Story of the Deluge by E.A. Wallis Budge

Author:E.A. Wallis Budge [Budge, E.A. Wallis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781528366434
Google: RnLptAEACAAJ
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

One day a certain hunter went out to snare game, and he dug pit-traps

and laid nets, and made his usual preparations for roping in his

prey. But after doing this for three days he found that his pits

were filled up and his nets smashed, and he saw Enkidu releasing the

beasts that had been snared. The hunter was terrified at the sight

of Enkidu, and went home hastily and told his father what he had seen

and how badly he had fared. By his father’s advice he went to Erech,

and reported to Gilgamish what had happened. When Gilgamish heard

his story he advised him to act upon a suggestion which the hunter’s

father had already made, namely that he should hire a harlot and take

her out to the forest, so that Enkidu might be ensnared by the sight

of her beauty, and take up his abode with her. The hunter accepted

this advice, and having found a harlot to help him in removing Enkidu

from the forests (thus enabling him to gain a living), he set out

from Erech with her and in due course arrived at the forest where

Enkidu lived, and sat down by the place where the beasts came to drink.

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