Shamhat

created by enkidu
(person) by enkidu (1.1 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Fri Mar 09 2001 at 17:15:34
In the epic of Gilgamesh, Shamhat is a sacred prostitute who is hired by a trapper to domesticate Enkidu, the shaggy man of the wilderness. She makes love to him for seven days, then takes him back to Uruk, where he learns to be human and becomes the friend and companion of Gilgamesh.
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