What understanding of the afterlife does the epic suggest?
The epic suggest that Gilgamesh and Enkidu meet up they engage in a titanic wrestling match which Gigamesh emerge victorious. The bond that they had was like no other. They took on adventures together. During the adventures they offended the gods which means Enkidu must die. The lost of Enkidu mad him search for eternal life. On his search he mets a goddess name Siduri, the only human being ever granted immortality by the gods. Gilgamesh learns that afterlife is not available to mere the mortals and thus his quest proves futile.
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