Epic of Gilgamesh

In the epic of Gilgamesh, in the beginning, Gilgamesh is portrayed as a selfish king who takes advantage of his power as king and treats his people like dirt. The Gods didn’t like the way Gilgamesh was acting so they sent Enkidu to kill Gilgamesh, but that backfired and they became great friends. They began reeking havoc together. They cut down the forbidden trees, defeat Humbaba of the cedar forest, and kill the bull of the heavens. The Gods are angry with them and they decide that one of them has to die, they chose Enkidu. After Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh is terrified of dying so he sets out on a journey to find Utnapishtim who has eternal life. That is what Gilgamesh wants, is to live forever. While on his journey he walks though mountain passes in total darkness and comes upon Siduri who tells him of the ferry man Urshanabi. Gilgamesh finally finds Utnapishtim. He tells Gilgamesh that if he can stay awake for one week he can have immortality, but Gilgamesh fails. Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh of the plant of youth that lies under the sea. He was able to get the plant of youth and was going to bring it to the people so the old could be young again. But while on his journey home a serpent ate the plant.