Shamhat

Shamhat is a temple prostitute from Uruk, who served as an important alley to Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
==Summary==
===Gilgamesh Immortal===
Shamhat the harlot is a hierodule or sacred temple prostitute. She is taken on a hunter’s trip only to be offered as a means of seducing and taming the “Wild-Born” Enkidu. But when she does so, they fall in love and Enkidu’s pure unconditional love for her transforms her into a wife of high regard and station in Uruk. But will their love survive the long journeys away that her beloved Enkidu must take with the king in their fruitless quest for immortality?Shamhat
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