Gilgamesh

The Gilgamesh myth touches people even after so many centuries because it is about issues that touch all people in all times. These issues are the anguish of loss and death for all human beings. Myths reflect our will to understand what we cannot understand, and reconcile us to mortality. The earliest know Gilgamesh texts came from Sumer. The Sumerians were the first literate people of Mesopotamia, and their literature was preserved on clay tablets. …

…story, we are lead to believe that we cannot escape death, and that we must learn to live with that fact. It is a typical young adult attitude to believe that we are above death. Gilgamesh’s experiences made him the wisest king, because he achieved a certain awareness for death and relieved his fear of it. Young adults too must take this important step in their lives, and relieve their fear to become wiser.