entities: ENT_MES_ENKIDU

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_MES_ENKIDU Enkidu   Mesopotamian Wild man / Hero companion Hero wild man; friendship; nature; civilisation; Gilgamesh companion; death       A           Created from clay by the goddess Aruru at Anu's command to be the equal of Gilgamesh and check his oppressive rule; born wild among animals; civilized through a seven-day encounter with the temple priestess Shamhat; becomes Gilgamesh's closest companion and equal in battle; the two defeat Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven together; the gods decree his death as punishment for the latter; his deathbed lament and Gilgamesh's mourning are the emotional core of the Epic; the first great literary treatment of friendship and loss hero

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