@article{oai:toyoeiwa.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001493,
 author = {渡辺, 和子},
 journal = {死生学年報, Annual of the Institute of Thanatology, Toyo Eiwa University},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest mythological composition, was written about four thousands years ago. Of its various themes, this paper focuses on the acceptance of death and grief in the cases of Enkidu and Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and his friend Enkidu make an adventure to a cedar forest and slay Humbaba, the guardian of the forest. They also kill the “Bull of Heaven” which Anu, the god of heaven, had sent against them. For these acts of hubris, the gods sentence Enkidu to death. After he is placated by the sun god Shamash and consoled by Gilgamesh, he can accept his painful destiny. Gilgamesh, mourning bitterly for Enkidu and in fear of death, sets out on a long journey to Ut-napishtim who had obtained eternal life. He refuses all advice to break his mourning. Ut-napishtim tells him not to sleep for seven days. However, he falls asleep immediately afterwards. When he wakes up, he realizes that it is impossible to obtain eternal life. At last he finishes his mourning and bathes, dresses in clean garments, and returns to Uruk.
Gilgamesh does not fail an initiation, as is often argued. I believe the epic presents examples of accepting death and completing grief.},
 pages = {23--44},
 title = {メソポタミア神話にみる死の受容と悲嘆 : エンキドゥとギルガメシュの場合},
 volume = {2},
 year = {2006},
 yomi = {ワタナベ, カズコ}
}