Siduri

Siduri is a twofold character. In this story, she is a barmaid and an alewife that Gilgamesh encounters on his journey into the Underworld. Also, she lives in the cottage by the sea. She is the one who discourages Gilgamesh on his journey and his struggle to get immortality but ultimately directs him to the boatman Urshanabi.

So, she is a tavern keeper. She was the first who opens bar doors to Gilgamesh and then shares with him her wisdom, gives a lot of pieces of advice and even blesses him to a good journey. But at the same time, she tries to persuade him from the trip, from the quest with gaining immortality. Having a desire to argue him out, at the same time she says to him that he needs to find the boatman Urshanabi who will definitely help him to gain his goal. Also, she tells that without his help he will not achieve goals and will probably fail.

Also, she is the goddess of wine-making and brewing. This character is one of the biggest representatives of several sexually ripe in this homoerotic tale. As we easily see, it is full of women humiliation, powerlessness, and helplessness. Siduri is a smart character as she always knows what to do, what to say, how to lead herself, what behavior is proper in each situation.

As she doesn’t have a role in the book, we see that the character is not dynamic, though she plays an important role in story development.