Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation
becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them
forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to
exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In
answer, another kind of man, Enkidu, is sent to earth to live among the
animals and learn kindness from them. He falls in love with Shamhat, a
singer from the temple, and he follows her back to Uruk. There, Enkidu,
the uncivilized beast from the forest, shows the evil Gilgamesh through
friendship what it means to be human."