Duality And Duality In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

This story, in its essence shows the mythological and historical crossover from a matriarchal to a patriarchal society. It is not difficult to feminize or change The Epic of Gilgamesh because as it states in the World Mythology Textbook, “pieces of a previous matriarchal religion remain”. There are multiple instances in the epic where the feminine divine is suppressed symbolically or out right. The two most significant changes that could bring back the goddess to the epic are, making the Hero Gilgamesh a female or having him marry Ishtar. Granted, the second choice still leaves Gilgamesh as a man but it is imperative to show the need for duality and comic wholeness. There is a need for balance between the masculine and feminine sides of divinity, they are two parts of a whole that cannot and should not be separated. Furthermore, if the masculine aspect was left out it would morally negate the value of this argument and

Ancient cultures believed the spirituality was circler, not liner. The seasons, menstrual cycles, death and birth are examples. When cities began being built blood lines became paternal, a shift in society occurred changing how most people viewd time. If Gilgamesh was a woman she and her Dark Goddess would not have gone to make a name for herself by killing Humbaba because they both already have the power of life and death and therefore nothing to prove. A woman can kill someone and give birth while a man can only kill. If King Gilgamesh was prideful and needed to be taught a lesson so should this heroine. This female heroine could use her new found knowledge to gain power and dominion over people. This is not what “The Mother” would want. When it comes to women, human or goddess, there is no greater way to teach a woman about love and sacrifice then for her to have a child. This would also overlap with the divine feminine principle of birth, death, and