This is clearly the opposite of a nun, because nuns are completely celibate and do God's work without any sexual need. Shamhat humanizes Enkidu through her sexual power, making love to him for seven days and removing his animalistic nature. This prevalence of sexual importance suggests that goddess worship was still very present in that period, because the emphasis of the goddess' power was on fertility and sex. If sex has the ability to transform an animalistic being into a civilized human being, it is clear that there was still a strong influence of goddess culture. Lugalbanda is Gilgamesh's late father and predecessor as king; after his death, he was made a deity. Gilgamesh often admires his father and wishes to be as good a ruler as him, which can be seen when he visits Lugalbanda's temple for worship and worship.