Gilgamesh Tablets IV and V

These tablets tell how Gilgamesh and Enkidu enter the Cedar Forest and traverse through it. They traveled fifty leagues a day and didn't rest until the night. They would stop to dig a well and drink from it to quench their thirst. Then, they would give their thanks to Shamash through the act of offering. During the adventure, Gilgamesh had three dreams that caused him fear but Enkidu interpreted them as good. One where a mountain fell on them, one where he was trampled by a bull, and one where it rained fire and ashes after a thunderstorm. They went deeper into the forest until they found Huwawa who surprised them and scared them with many different faces. They asked for Shamash's help and he raised the thirteen winds against Huwawa. Huwawa tells Gilgamesh to not kill him but Enkidu tells him to do so. Gilgamesh ends the beast by pulling on his tongue. They cut down the tallest tree and with it they make a raft and gate

I find this the conflict between civilization and wilderness. I think an important thing is how every time Huwawa's face appears, it is different. This symbolizes how this conflict keeps on reappearing and every time it is from a different source. It might be from an animal, person, or natural disaster, but it will keep on happening. When they cut down the tallest cedar, they are showing their victory over the wilderness and their power over it. They build the gate which separates civilization from wilderness and build a raft, a way of transportation, to show how it will change and modernize for civilization's use.