disclosing to Enkidu that nobody lives everlastingly and that life is short. In any case, when Enkidu bites the dust, Gilgamesh is distraught to the point that he searches out Utnapishtim to take in the mystery
The main point seems to be that when Enlil granted eternal life it was a unique gift. As if to demonstrate this point, Utnapishtim challenges Gilgamesh to stay awake for six days and seven nights. Gilgamesh falls asleep, and Utnapishtim instructs his wife to bake a loaf of bread on each ...
At Dilmun, Gilgamesh meets Utnapishtim, the Sumerian Noah, who was granted immortality for riding out the great Flood sent by the gods. He tells Gilgamesh about the plant of immortality. Getting to it, the plant has leaves like razors, cutting him; but Gilgamesh is powerful, pulls it up, ...