Motif
lament for a dead companion
lament_for_a_dead_companion
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
mesopotamian
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Assyrian and Babylonian Literature: Selected Translations ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LITERATURE / THE GILGAMESH NARRATIVE 341 / THE GILGAMESH NARRATIVE 343 / TABLET IX; lines 21390-21450 confidence: high
Tablet IX begins with Gilgamesh lamenting his dead friend and resolving to go to Per-napishtim to learn the mystery of apotheosis and recover from a loathsome disease inflicted by Ishtar.
Gilgamesh weeps over the death of Eabani and contrasts his own fate with Eabani's death.
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The Epic of Gilgamish THE ARRIVAL AT THE GATE OF THE FOREST. / THE SIXTH TABLET. / OF THE GODDESS ISHTAR, WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE HERO AFTER HIS / EXPLOIT AGAINST HUMBABA.; lines 2284-2429 confidence: high
The passage frame says Enkidu is lying dying or dead and Column II begins with Gilgamish keening over his dead friend before the Elders of Erech.
Gilgamish publicly weeps for Enkidu, calls him comrade, observes his deathlike state, and performs intense bodily mourning.
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