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		Because Shamhat is a priestess of Inanna/Ishtar, the Great Goddess of Love and War, and she can be described as a harimtu priestess, who is called by Gilgamesh the king of Uruk to tame the wild man Enkidu and teach him the arts of civilisation.
		Shamhat teaches Enkidu to be a full man, to eat at the table the Earth's gifts laboured by man and drink from the Seven Cups the Beer of the Wise for his sake, not for her own gain.
		Shamhat did the Goddess bidding to transform Enkidu into a fuller human being, and graciously disappeared when he was ready to meet Gilgamesh the king, his opposite and Soul Brother.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/gatestobabylon/shamhat.html (2456 words)

	Shamhat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sources have interpreted Shamhat as a temple prostitute, priestess of the Goddess Ishtar in the Epic of Gilgamesh responsible for the civilizing of Enkidu by initiating him into the sexual rites of the goddess.
		In some translations, and possibly some ancient written versions of the epic, Shamhat is referred to as a harlot, carrying a very different connotation than that of a priestess, perhaps suggesting that Enkidu's initiation is not wholly beneficial to him.
		Shamhat's name is closely related to Shamash, the Sumerian/Babylonian sun god, whose name means "sun" or "one that lights" in Semitic languages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shamhat (224 words)

	EveasShamhatoftheEpicofGilgamesh
		Graves and Patai (1963) on the "priestess" (Shamhat the harlot-priestess of Uruk) being recast as Eve:
		Shamhat caused Enkidu to "stumble" too, he his not able to maintain the pace of his animal companions that flee from him and he "falls" for the Harlot's wiles in having sex with her and comes under her persuasive powers as she convinces him to leave the watering hole in the edin.
		Shamhat's duty is to ensnare and undo Enkidu, ; Recast as Eve supplanting Adam's animal companions.
	www.bibleorigins.net /EveasShamhatoftheEpicofGilgamesh.html (8720 words)

	Alwanza: The Story of Humbaba
		Shamhat gave Enkidu a piece of her clothing to cover his nakedness.
		When the procession reached Shamhat and Enkidu, Gilgamesh stood up in the chariot and all was quiet and still.
		Shamhat allowed Gilgamesh to lift her into the chariot.
	www.alwanza.com /art/humbaba1.html (1895 words)

	NOTES ON THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Enkidu agrees because, “becoming aware of himself, he sought a friend.” Shamhat cannot fulfill that need because as a woman she is not regarded as an equal, a true counterpart, to a man; only Gilgamesh himself can fill that role.
		It is ironic that it is Shamhat, the woman, who must teach “the savage” (Thompson) what it means to be a man. She understands more clearly than either of the heroes that being human entails more than strength and beauty; it requires also wisdom and compassion.
		Shamash lists all the benefits Enkidu received from Shamhat, most importantly the friendship of “beautiful Gilgamesh.” Enkidu is mollified and pronounces a blessing on the woman, that her charms would bring her many lovers and much wealth.
	www.coloradocollege.edu /dept/RE/people/weddle/IntroRel01/Gilgamesh.htm (4299 words)

	OldTestament
		Parallels Between Adam and Enkidu, Eve and Shamhat
		In the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Garden of Eden
		The Pre-biblical Protagonist Behind Genesis' Eve: Shamhat of the Epic of Gilgamesh
	www.bibleorigins.net /OldTestament.html (505 words)

	Gilgamesh Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		When she sees Enkidu, she is to offer herself to the wild man. If he submits to her, the trapper says, he will lose his strength and his wildness and the animals will abandon him.
		Shamhat, encouraged by the hunter, meets Enkidu at the watering-hole where all the wild animals gather; she offers herself to him and he partakes nonstop for 6 days and 7 nights.
		Shamhat tells Enkidu of Gilgamesh's two dreams which anticipated the arrival of Enkidu-Gilgamesh related these to his mother Ninsun: In the first a meteorite falls to earth which is so great that Gilgamesh can neither lift it nor turn it.
	www.mcgoodwin.net /pages/otherbooks/gilgamesh.html (5278 words)

	The Epic of Gilgamesh
		Just as the father had predicated, Gilgamesh gave the young man a beautiful woman named Shamhat and asked him to use her as bait.
		After the young man returned, he and Shamhat went to the forest to wait for Enkidu.
		And she promised him that Gilgamesh was the only man worthy of his friendship.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_42_186.html (714 words)

	CherubimOrigins
		Shamhat steps in and tells Enkidu HE MUST EAT the bread and DRINK the alcolohic beverage set before him because it is the "custom of the land" (to refuse this act of hospitality on the shepherd's part would be a grave insult to one's hosts!).
		Later, Shamhat is cursed by Enkidu, he blaming her for his "loss of innocence" and his his "impending death." He is to die for killing Huwawa the guardian of the Cedar trees.
		I understand that Enkidu's curse for Shamhat and the Hunter was recast by the Hebrews as Yahweh-Elohim cursing Adam and Eve.
	www.homestead.com /bibleorigins*net/CherubimOrigins.html (9952 words)

	Enkidu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		he will embrace her and the game of the wilderness will surely reject him." The trapper did what he was told, and hired the harlot Shamhat to corrupt the wild man. Enkidu was immediately taken with the harlot and bedded her.
		Near death, he has visions of a gloomy afterlife, and curses the trapper and Shamhat for civilizing him.
		He retracts his curse on Shamhat, however, after she reminds him of the greatness of civilization, which she showed him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enkidu (922 words)

	The Epic of Gilgamesh Tablet II
		Shamhat pulled off her clothing, and clothed him with one piece while she clothed herself with a second.
		She took hold of him as the gods do' and brought him to the hut of the shepherds.
		This is ordered by the counsel of Anu, from the severing of his umbilical cord it has been destined for him." At the young man's speech his (Enkidu's) face flushed (with anger).
	www.beaconoftruth.com /g2.htm (1273 words)

	Milliner's Dream: --Dear Shamhat...
		Postscript: Now, in response to Shamhat's long comment to this post, where this was the question, "Why even bother to describe a glorious natural birth to someone who's chosen to go to a hospital?"
		The only way changes will be made in hospitals like Shamhat is describing is if us women, the consumers, DEMAND change.
		In my experience, what we SAY we want, and what we are willing to DO to get what we want, are often two different things.
	millinersdream.blogspot.com /2007/02/dear-shamhat.html (2110 words)

	MythHome: Gilgamesh Tablet II
		Shamhat cut her cloak in two and covered Enkidu with one half.
		Shamhat taught Enkidu how to wash his body which was twice the size of other men.
		Shamhat showed Enkidu how to rub fragrant oils into his body which was twice that of other men.
	www.mythhome.org /gilgamesh2.html (832 words)

	commonplacesone » “The Epic of Gilgamesh” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This quote was taken out of the conversation between Shamhat and Enkidu when Shamhat was attempting to lure Enkidu away from his animal life and into the city.
		The irony may be there to emphasize the contrast between Gilgamesh and Enkidu and to ask the questions: “Do the humans know how to live or do the animals?” and “What does it mean to live?” The animals know how to survive, while the humans live lavishly and take great risks.
		In the lines leading up to this quote, Shamhat describes living as indulging in various things that are pleasurable.
	www.auburn.edu /~downejm/wordpress3/?p=10 (363 words)

	Gilgamesh Onscreen
		Nineties audiences would hardly be receptive to the idea that Shamhat is actually a priestess of some kind, and that the week long sex scene with Enkidu is actually intended to be a cleansing and redeeming experience.
		For this reason we feel that a scene should be added including Gilgamesh, the trapper, and Shamhat, during which the two men request her help in the approach of Enkidu.
		We feel that if it were to be Shamhat’s idea to seduce Enkidu, this would show her as a strong self sufficient priestess with a mind of her own, not a shameless prostitute.
	members.tripod.com /resurrectionjoe/picepic.html (1481 words)

	Ballet GUIGAMESH by A. DANILEVSKI
		This brute, Enkidu, has the strength of dozens of wild animals; he is to serve as the subhuman rival to the superhuman Gilgamesh.
		One of the temple harlots, Shamhat, is to offer herself to the wild man. He submits to her and lose his strength and his wildness, but gains understanding and knowledge.
		He laments for his lost state, but the harlot offers to take him into the city where all the joys of civilization shine in their resplendence; she offers to show him Gilgamesh, the only man worthy of Enkidu's friendship.
	danilevski.org /Gilgamesh.html (551 words)

	Gilgamesh
		Gilgamesh decides to trick Enkidu to the city by sending the beautiful singer Shamhat to charm Enkidu.
		There is a huge celebration, and Enkidu marries Shamhat.
		They all live together in the palace and the people don’t have to work on the wall anymore.
	www.rickriordan.com /gilgamesh1.htm (278 words)

	Amazon.fr : Gilgamesh the King: Livres en anglais: Ludmila Zeman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		There are alterations (e.g., Shamhat is no longer a courtesan who seduces Enkidu, but a city favorite who falls in love with him, Gilgamesh no longer subdues Enkidu but falls off a wall and is saved by him) as well as additions and deletions.
		Granted, there are several versions of the story, but the reteller does not note that this is a rather free adaptation of the "standard" text.
		Though padding the Shamhat role seems more than a little anachronistic, the dramatic choices usually work well, setting up the rivalry/friendship that propels the rest of the epic (to be continued in two future volumes).
	www.amazon.fr /Gilgamesh-King-Ludmila-Zeman/dp/0887764371 (643 words)

	[No title]
		In response, Aruru, the great mother goddess, creates Enkidu, a wild warrior, a primeval hero.A hunter discovers Enkidu in a watering place, goes back to his house where his father advises to take a harlot, Shamhat, to seduce and weaken Enkidu.
		Shamhat offers to take him to Uruk, “to the pure house, the dweling of Anu and Ishtar, where Gilgamesh is perfect in strenght.” (p.
		He then curses Shamhat, but Shamash convinces him otherwise.Enkidu then dreams of an Anzu-bird, who drives him down to the underworld.
	www.pitt.edu /~jemst76/Gilgamesh.doc (1078 words)

	The Tale of Shamhat [In Uruk with Gilgamish] - LAWYER IN UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is a question for all to ponder over which has not been looked at before; there is a clue in the poem, the story of Shamhat but it will be left up to you, the reader to decide where the truth and fiction rests.
		Notes and a small commentary on Shamhat [otherwise known as Harim, servant of the Goddess; the goddess whom is known as Ishtar or Innia:
		Shamhat lived and died happy I do believe, and for her time, lived life to its fullest.
	www.lawyerinuk.com /article.cfm/id/53815 (1607 words)

	CLAS 3350 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shamhat ("the sacred temple girl": "the fine lover")
		6-7 Hunter bothered by Enkidu arranges to have Shamhat ensnare him.
		9 Beasts flee Enkidu after he lies with Shamhat.
	www2.tltc.ttu.edu /george/CLAS3350/Meeting8.htm (174 words)

	Literary Kicks: Enkidu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The father advises him to go into the city and take one of the temple harlots, Shamhat, with him to the forest; when she sees Enkidu, she is to offer herself sexually to the wild man. If he submits to her, the trapper says, he will lose his strength and his wildness.
		Shamhat meets Enkidu at the watering-hole where all the wild animals gather; she offers herself to him and he submits, instantly losing his strength and wildness, but he gains understanding and knowledge.
		He laments for his lost state, but the harlot offers to take him into the city where all the joys of civilization shine in their resplendence; she offers to show him Gilgamesh, the only man worthy of Enkidu's friendship.
	www.litkicks.com /BeatPages/profile.jsp?who=Enkidu (283 words)

	Gilgamesh Study Guide
		What is Shamhat's apparent first reaction to the sight of Enkidu?
		Shamhat sets him straight on where he is going and who will be changed.
		From the speech of the young man on his way to the wedding, it seems that in this case, the people select one girl from a number of brides to be so "honored." Also, recall the opening scenes and what got the people complaining to the gods about their beloved Gilgamesh to begin with.
	www.cod.edu /anschicks/engl226/GilgameshStudy.html (2046 words)

	Gods and Monsters
		The passage in which wild man Enkidu is seduced at the riverside by Shamhat, a priestess of Ishtar, becomes genuinely erotic and moving in Mitchell's version -- rather than just a reminder that the temples of Ishtar were what in modern terms would be called brothels.
		So far as I can tell, Mitchell's version sticks closely to the narrative, characters and imagery in the original text, at least as available in highly literal (if almost unreadable) translations.
		Toward the close of the introduction, Mitchell allegorizes once more, in a different key - finding that the ancient poem provides the benefits of New Age psychotherapy: "When the mind gives up on its quest for control, order and meaning, it finds that it has come home, to reality, where it has always been.
	www.mclemee.com /id129.html (909 words)

	ENGL 2111 Blog » Blog Archive » Who said soul mates have to man and woman? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		it was a woman (Shamhat) who domesticated Enkidu, because women were thought of as calming forces.
		Shamhat was not the only woman who played such a vital role in this story, their was also Siduri who was the tavern keeper and the goddess of wine-making, and also Ninsun who was Gilgamesh’s mother.
		So as much as this story promotes male bonding it doesnt forget to mention the female and her role in those times.
	litmuse.maconstate.edu /~dsidore/2111blog/?p=40 (648 words)

	Horror Unspeakable: Chronicles
		One day a mysterious, half-wolf creature enters his realm and is trapped by the priestess Shamhat, who transforms him into a full human being, the hero Enkidu who helps Gilgamesh slay the three-headed monster, Humbaba.
		Sadly, the companions anger the gods and Enkidu is struck down, his death breaking Gilgamesh's heart and reducing him to human status.
		Together they travel through the wastelands and the lands of the Scorpion People until they come to the Sacred Garden of Ziusudra, who advises Gilgamesh to turn the loss of Enkidu into a story which will outlast all of their lifetimes.
	www.horrorunspeakable.com /chronicles_vincent.html (663 words)

	Powells.com From the Author - Stephen Mitchell
		The story itself was thrilling, with its huge uninhibited mythic presences moving through a landscape of dream: the tyrannical giant Gilgamesh; his double, the naked wild man Enkidu, created specifically to balance the hero's manic energies; Shamhat, the priestess of Ishtar, whose mission is to civilize Enkidu between her thighs; and the rest.
		In Book I, there is a terrific, very steamy scene in which Enkidu is seduced by Shamhat.
		While I tried to be faithful to the spirit of the text, I was often as free with the letter of it as the ancient Babylonian poet was with his material.
	www.powells.com /essays/mitchell.html (1823 words)

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