Beliefs About Female's Power Over Nature Illustrated in The Epic of Gilgamesh

In ancient times, thousand years before Jesus Christ, the earliest people saw the female as the mother of all creation. On the contrary, the male was seen as having no importance because he played no role in human creation. The people believed the female to be a mother of all creation because they saw her ability to get pregnant and give birth to a child without making the connection that intercourse led to pregnancy and fertility. These people saw the female’s part in procreation and regarded the female as having authority over all. They believed she was divine and she reigned as a deity. In contrast, the earliest society believed that the male lived to serve the female and played no part in history for they are not part of procreation. The evidence to the belief of the earliest people was acquired from pre-historic statues and archeological findings that suggest or represent the female as being the head of society. The belief of the earliest people is also depicted in pre-historic literature such as “The Epic of Gilgamesh”, a story that provides an example of a man that believed he played no part in creation and went great lengths to change it.

The oldest laws and findings show the female to have authority over males and society as a whole. Many believed the notion that the female gave birth to new life therefore, nature was female. They believed that since female was nature she is also divine and the mother of all living things. The people, unaware that intercourse led to pregnancy regarded the male to have little or no importance. The male only existed to obey and serve the female and played no role in creation. Also, these people saw that only females played role in procreation therefore they worshiped and prayed to female...

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...he female could create new life by giving birth to a child therefore, they believed the world was created by a female and named her Mother Nature. Their beliefs led them to worshiping Goddesses and believing in a higher female power. The evidence that these people believed in a female deity has been discovered by many researchers and Archeologists. Many statues and ancient discoveries have helped enrich our understanding of life in the earliest society. Literature has also played a major role in shaping what we currently know. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” a story about a man who wants to play a part in procreation has helped provide many facts about the earliest beliefs from a male’s perspective. The story clearly illustrates how a man in the earliest time thought that he had no part in the process of making children and the struggles he went through to accept it.