Enkidu’s?

(Blog on tablets 1,2 and 3)Toda very few “uncivilized” communities live. Communities that are alienated from the society; just as Enkidu. “Shamhat took of her rope and divided it so that the wild man also could be clothed. When this was done and both of them were clothed, she took him by the hand as a goddess might, leading a worshiper into the temple precinct; as if he was a child she held his hand. And they began their journey. They came to the camp where shepherds lived, who gathered about and wondered at the huge size and strength of Enkidu, the hairy-bodied wild man of the grasslands. They said t o each other “he is like Gilgamesh, twice the size of an ordinary man. Stronger and taller than a battlement, he is like a star that has fallen from the heavens. They cooked and set it before him; they brought out beer that had browed and set it down. But Enkidu knew nothing about these things, so he sat and started at the cooked food and the beer for a very long time, not knowing what to do. The Shamhat, the harlot, the temple prostitute, said: Enkidu, this is the food and drink man eat and drink. Eat and drink your fill. So Enkidu ate his fill cooked food and drank the beer. Seven jugs of beer. Then he washed his hairy body, anointed himself with oil, and dressed his body in new cloths, so hat he looked as beautiful as a bridegroom.” (Gilgamesh page12-13)The past description of the adaptation of a “wild man” into a normal society may be as today it is for indigenous communities. Is the adaptation harsh for the one being adopted? In Colombia violence has abruptly created lots of these cases in the last decades. As result, a lot of knowledge is being lost; probably the most important on medicine, philosophy and even on how we ought to live. Culture is being lost; our history is being lost the basis of our civilization is being extinguished by ourselves. Sadly today special communities are being forced to become part of the society. Violence, technology and the simple argument of being unable to survive without living in our society is cause for this adaptation.