The setting in both is quite differing, while in the Epic of Gilgamesh the uncivilized moves to the city, the opposite happens in the Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition whereby it is the Civilized that seeks to explore the territory of the uncivilized.
In the Epic of Gilgamesh the initial reaction from the civilized was fear of the uncivilized as is evidenced by the behavior of the trapper who feared Enkidu initially and was even afraid of approaching him. In the Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition, the Indians were friendly at first and even gave food but on the ...