Gilgamesh Tablets II and III

Enkidu was considered a wild man because he live in peace with nature. After having a sexual relationship with Shamhat, he became an ordinary human being. He was transformed into a "civilized" person. Animals started to fear him, and he started experiencing life as a normal human being. He ate, drank, and stood guard. Then he had a typical human emotion, envy. He was envious of Gilgamesh who Shamhat said was the strongest man, so Enkidu challenged Gilgamesh, and lost. What amazes me is how Enkidu was able to accept defeat and take Gilgamesh as a brother and embark on a quest. Today, very few human beings are able to forgive, and make up so easily. I think that Enkidu acts this way because he hasn't been contaminated by other harmful human emotions such as hate which makes us desire horrible things like vengeance.