Due to Gilgamesh’s savage behavior that terrified everyone, even gods, Aruru was asked to create his identical self, equal in powers to Gilgamesh himself. Uruk’s king’s equal was named Enkidu; however, he was not a king like Gilgamesh, “he was innocent of mankind; he knew nothing of the cultivated land.”
The first time both men met in Uruk, they started fighting, but in the end, Enkidu acknowledged his opponent’s supremacy. Consequently, the equals of a different kind, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, embraced one another and further established a friendship bond.