Allusions to divine and historic characters occur throughout this tablet, which is very common in epics describing the magnificent, super-human deeds of heroes. The first important allusion is to the goddess Aruru, to whom the Sumerians attribute the creation of humankind. The Sumerians oppressed by Gligamesh call to Aruru to create a man or zikru equal to Gilgamesh, in strength and valor, to bring peace to the city of Uruk. Aruru then formed Enkidu, who is described with a list of allusions. His was “born of Silence” the capitalization indicating personification/deification, with the strength of Ninurta the god of war and hunting and the dress of the god wild animals Sumukan. The final allusion is spoken by the harlot when trying to convince
