sake you" (Gilgamesh 66). Some might argue that she probably knew about the coming of Enkidu because she was a god, but, nevertheless, her wisdom allowed her to advise Gilgamesh in a way that was in his best interest. If she actually did know, however, this would be another good example of a woman manipulating a man, because it would mean that she used his trust in her to dictate the choices that he made.
             While these are good examples of men holding women in high esteem, that air seems to change a little with the introduction of the goddess Ishtar. Although she is still viewed as beautiful to the eye, we begin to see the male idea that women can't be trusted when Gilgamesh describes her as "a brazier which smoulders in the cold, a back door which keeps out neither squall of wind nor storm, a castle which crushes the garrison . . . " (Gilgamesh 86). Even though he would love to have her as a wife he knows that she hasn't
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