Tablets IV & V

In these two tablets, Gilgamesh and Endiku set off to meet Huwawa, whose mouth is fire, roar is floodwater, etc.

Gilgamesh keeps having these weird dreams, and he asks Endiku to interpret them. Endiku, however always says that the dreams are good omens, and so they go on walking, taking 1/3 of the time normal men would take.

Then they meet Huwawa, and decided to ask a god to help. S/he does so, sending thirteen different kinds of winds after Huwawa, who admits that he is defeated and tells Gilgamesh that he will be his servant. Endiku, however, says to kill the beast and they do so, then pull his insides out by his tongue (lovely).

Then, so that everyone will remember that Gilgamesh slayed Huwawa (even though Endiku played an equal part in the dastardly deed), they take the highest tree in the Cedar Forest and plant it by Huwawa's carcass.