The Epic of Gilgamesh-Reading Blog Tablets VI-VII

The Epic of Gilgamesh has once again proved to me that it contains much more than what the perceiver expects, turning and running up and down through each page. The tablets 6 and 7 were ones of the longest, but also ones of the greatest. The story passes through the forest, and faces more issues that these two companions face. My prior questions regarding the 'forest adventure' remained unanswered except the one of the death of Huwawa. At the beginning of tablet six, it is said that Gilgamesh cleans his sword of blood, so the author implies that he cut the guardian up, thus taking his head off. This time, I can relate how Enkidu knows his end is near to a personal event of my family. Enkidu has been told by the gods and by various dreams that he has to die, because of the killing of Huwawa and the Bull of Heaven. In my case, my grandmother had been diagnosed with cancer and had been told she would not last. These two events show how by knowing their end is near, they start to decay and feel depressed. Enkidu was desperate as the days went by, and my grandma started caring less about life, instead of applying Carpe Diem to their last moments. The tablet seven finishes by making the reader anxious to continue, because it leaves us in a point where we are uncertain about Enkidu's life. Is he, or will he, be gone forever?