One myth that demonstrates the fear of death that the Mesopotamian's had is the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is the the first liteture found that actually has to do with death, At one point in the epic Gilgamesh is serching for a plant which meracuesly restores youth, because of his fear of death after the death of his dearest companion. Gilgamesh finally receives this plant of youth, however while he leans over to get a drink of water from the well, a serpent comes up and snatches the the plant from him. Gilgamesh is apparently then left with a haunting vision of death as "a house of dust...

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Another example of how the Sumerians felt about their gods came from The Epic of Gilgamesh. The gods brutally punished Enkidu, causing him death, because he aided Gilgamesh in killing the Bull of Heaven and Humbaba. ... Since Gilgamesh was part god, the gods chose to kill Enkidu, the full human. ...

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Through these pictographic scripts historians found a long narrative known as the Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is a great hero and ruler who sets out to recover cedar from northern lands. ... Mourning the loss of his companion and confronted by death himself, Gilgamesh travels the world in search of eternal life. ...

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