An ale-wife sends the protagonist to a ferryman, where he destroys the only beings that can cross a body of water. That character's dreams of thunderstorms and falling mountains are seen as good omens by a man who joined "the throng of gazelles with the game at the water-hole." This work's protagonist and a character created by Aruru to be his companion cut down forbidden trees after defeating Hum
An ale-wife sends the protagonist to a ferryman, where he destroys the only beings that can cross a body of water. That character's dreams of thunderstorms and falling mountains are seen as good omens by a man who joined "the throng of gazelles with the game at the water-hole." This work's protagonist and a character created by Aruru to be his companion cut down forbidden trees after defeating Humbaba with the assistance of Shamash, but the gods inflict a deadly illness upon Enkidu. Although the presence of a youth-restoring plant is revealed to him, the title king returns empty-handed and reconciles his mortality with the magnificence of the city he built, Uruk. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian epic poem.
An ale-wife sends the protagonist to a ferryman, where he destroys the only beings that can cross a body of water.
The Epic of {Gilgamesh}