Pleading For Dreams

Dreams are small magical moments heaven sends you. Most of the times you don’t remember them, sometimes they are a collage of unimportant events, or fast flashes of the past or the future. Well, Gilgamesh has his dreams right beside him at all times, and he even asks the god Shamash to send him some. After having the two identical dreams with different characters, another set of dreams arrived in the cedar forest. “The skies roared with thunder and the earth heaved, then came darkness and a stillness like death. Lightening smashed the ground and fires blazed out; Death flooded from the skies. When the heat died and the fires went out, the plains had turned to ash.” Enkidu was able to interpret the dreams that Shamash sended, and they turned to be very positive.

I was surprised of how much dreams are constantly appearing in the text. They are presents of the Gods, and they are taken very seriously, unlike today, that most people ignore them. Also, they are very important for the characters, that they can be considered as their main weapon. Nevertheless, I think that asking for dreams that explain the future, reveals a touch of fear within the characters. If they pleaded to the Gods to send them courage or strength, means that they just want the support of the gods; but by asking them for dreams, mean that the character will act depending in the future result, so they are not acting from the heart.