Tablet VI

In Tablet VI the Goddess of Love, Ishtar, falls in lust with Gilgamesh and asks him to have sex with her. He refuses, however, reminding her of the other people she had made love with and what had happened to them (ex: ended up a frog in a swamp, or a mole on a foot).

She is enraged, and runs to her Daddy to ask for help punishing him (by the way, when one does that, one does not go around screaming, "he exposed my foulness!!!" One goes around screaming, "what a freak! He said all these awful lies about me!"). Anyway, after a while her father agrees to get the Bull of Heaven to beat up Gilgamesh, but when he goes to earth Endiku and his bro kill him and have a big party. Ishtar is enraged, and the chapter ends with Endiku having a dream about the angry gods having a council. What a cliffhanger.

I think that this book should be called "Gilgamesh and Endiku," so they both play an equal role in the story. But I suppose Gilgamesh beat Endiku in the beginning, so he is worthier.