Question

Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.

Answer 1

The answers are:

• courage in battle : Gilgamesh, showed great courage when facing a battle with the most precious one in the text above. The passage that makes this clear is:  "Gilgamesh saw it, he leaped upon him,  he held a knife to Humbaba's throat. "
• connection to supernatural help : Gilgamesh, also had a supernatural help in his battle. An entity threw strong winds on the monster so that his movement would be compromised and Gilgamesh would easily attack it. The excerpt from the text that shows this is:  " Then Shamash threw strong winds at Humbaba,  the south wind, the north wind, the east and the west,  storm wind, gale wind, hurricane, tornado,  to pin him down and paralyze his steps."

Answer 2

courage in battle and connection to supernatural help, I'd say.