The Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh Is Best Described as
In that work and in the later Babylonian Talmud AD. Lilit fled off into the wilderness and disappeared and she was known to dwell there ever since. Sumeria Lagash King Enannatum I 3rd Millennium Bc Ancient Mesopotamia 3rd Millennium Mesopotamia Lilith is not found in Sacred Scripture or in the Churchs tradition and so stories about her being Adams wife can safely be described as myths. . 300-500 she is described as a demon. Inana then sought the help of Gilgamesh who with his bronze axe slayed the serpent and scared away both the Anzu bird and Lilit. The later medieval Alphabet of Ben Sira first describes her as Adams wife. Gilgamesh can be then seen as the harbinger of order and structure in ancient Sumeria from this story.