Shamhat

Shamat is a character in the story King of Heroes. In Uruk, Shamat is the temple prostitute who tames Enkidu by seducing him away from his natural state. Through Shamhat's power comes from her sexuality, it is associated wtih civilization rather than nature. She represents the sensuous refinements of culture---the sophisticated pleasures of lovemaking, food, alcohol, music, clothing, architecture, argriculture, herding, and ritual, ect.