While The Epic of Gilgamesh was eventually written down in several different versions (which our text is a composite of), many scholars believe that the original was composed orally by a court singer of heroic tales.
Who narrated The Epic of Gilgamesh?
narratorMost of the epic is related by an objective, unnamed narrator. point of viewThird person. After Enkidu appears in Tablet I, most of the story is told from Gilgamesh's point of view. Utnapishtim narrates the flood story in Tablet XI.