Eleanor Roosevelt once quoted, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” There is much controversy today upon the purpose of a dream. Some claim it to be a problem-solving process while others believe it is a way your conscience is communicating with you. There are many more explanations to why humans have dreams. In ancient Mesopotamia, dreams are highly regarded in society through many aspects of life. The Epic of Gilgamesh highlights the importance of dreams as it is exposed throughout the entire epic. The value of dreams was portrayed within the Epic of Gilgamesh in three ways. Dreams were valued as predicting future occurrences, defining inner emotions, and answering problems from real life situations. These three purposes affected the Mesopotamian civilians culturally as well as spiritually. Dreams were often used to predict future events in the Mesopotamian culture. The Epic of Gilgamesh allowed the readers to witness the significance of its power. In Tablet I, Gilgamesh dreams of embracing a meteorite that has fallen to Earth and also embracing an axe. Bewildered by such confusing dreams, he confronts his mother to interpret them. His mother, the goddess Ninsun, interprets the dreams as a sign that, “there will come to you a mighty man, a comrade who saves his friend.” It basically called for another individual that would become a close companion of Gilgamesh. This companion would be Enkidu who is raised in the wilderness but possesses the same traits as King Gilgamesh. The dream that Gilgamesh had about embracing the meteorite and axe was actually a predicament for the arrival of Enkidu. The meteorite and axe are both strong and enduring objects which symbolize Enkidu. Another instance where a dream predicts the future is when Gilgamesh and Enkidu set out to defeat Humbaba in the Cedar Forest. Gilgamesh experiences a series of dreams throughout the journey that later become true. For exa