Gilgamesh

Gilgameh, king of Uruk, has enslaved his people. The high priest La’abash and the elders ask Aruru, the mother of god, to create a substitute king. Aruru creates Enkidu, the “man of the good earth”. When Gilgamesh wants to marry the goddess Ischtar (Venus) Enkidu won’t allow it and challenges Gilgamesh to a fight. Neither man wins, but the clinch of the struggle turns into an embrace between friends.
Gilgamesh sets out to kill the monster Chumbaba and Enkidu accompanies him. Meanwhile La’abash and his family wish to avenge the insult done to Ischtar. They forge a celestial bull to kill the hated Enkidu. Gilgamesh beats Chumbaba and the people praise the returning heroes. Ischtar sends out the bull after Enkidu. During the fight Enkidu is mortally wounded and dies in Gilgamesh’s arms.
Gilgameh sets off on his travels to find the secret of eternal life. After much wandering he reaches the entrance to the underworld. He dreams of Itnapischtim, the only survivor of the Flood: forgotten by the gods he has to endure the penalty of immortality. Gilgamesh now acknowledges the curse of eternal life: the meaning of life is life itself. With the help of the ‘alewife’ Siduri he re-turns as a reformed sovereign to Uruk.