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In addition to what purpleworm and buckykat said, different versions of the epic portray enkidu differently, generally getting more animalistic over time (whereas in some of the earlier versions, he's a normal human herder or hunter).
Some scholars think this transformation reflects a change in the urban-state mesopotamian perception of the surrounding non-state peoples, from viewing them as humans with a different economic system towards viewing them as mystical savages