Who is Gilgamesh?

Gilgamesh is strong and powerful. He is half god and half human. Gilgamesh likes to show off, and this causes a great deal of trouble for the people of his kingdom. For this reason they pray to the gods to make a man who will rival Gilgamesh. This man is Enkidu. Gilgamesh has dreams of the man and asks his mother about the dreams. Gilgamesh’s mother tells him that Enkidu is destined to be his friend.