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Enkidu

American  
[en-kee-doo] / ˈɛn ki du /

noun

  1. the servant and friend of Gilgamesh.


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The parallel to that is the relationship between Gilgamesh and his best friend Enkidu.

From New York Times

Still, much as I longed to revisit the exploits of the first superheroes, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, it would be, as Mr. Spock used to say, “illogical.”

From Washington Post

Did Gilgamesh and Enkidu have a homosexual relationship?

From The New Yorker

Enkidu sails through storms of hailstones that strike him like “hammers”, waves attack his boat like “butting turtles”, but he still reaches the netherworld.

From The Guardian

“The Epic of Gilgamesh,” which is perhaps our oldest tale, written some 4,000 years ago, is a bromance of sorts between Gilgamesh and his beloved friend Enkidu.

From New York Times