Shamhat lay with the wild man Enkidu for six days and seven nights at the watering hole, their union stripping him of his animal nature and awakening him to human consciousness.
After taming Enkidu, Shamhat taught him to eat bread and drink beer, clothed him in garments, and guided him toward Uruk to meet Gilgamesh — transforming the wild man raised by animals into a civilized being fit for the city.
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