... rain go for. It also says that he is doing it to destroy all of mankind. After reading the two stories I concluded that forty days and forty nights was too long for it to rain without stopping; that is why the flood in Gilgamesh is more realistic. The length of the rains in the flood story ... and the only place he could see was Mount Nisir. Correspondingly, inThe Story of the Flood? basically the similar thing happened. After the forty days and forty nights of rain Noah landed on Mount Ararat which is geographically three hundred miles away from Mount Nasir. This is another way to prov...

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... the gods insisted on ending the racket at once (Gilgamesh). The only reason Gilgamesh was spared is that he was informed of the flood by Ea, the water god, through a dream. Ea was one of many gods in this time. He told him to build a boat of equal width and length. He was to tear down his house for wood and ... 's violence. The next discrepancy lies in the amount of time it rained. Noah's story emphasized rain for forty days and forty nights. The number forty also appears in several other biblical stories. Gilgamesh's rainfall lasts for just six days and nights. Upon the arrival on the m...

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... named Noah to carry on the human race after The Great Flood. The Babylonian god Ea chose Utnapishtim to do the same, indirectly warning Utnapishtim of the great revelation through a dream. In contrast, Noah was forewarned directly through the instructions of God. Noah was told to build an ark of gopher wood and cover it inside and out with a pitch, just ... all that roamed the earth. Despite both arks landing in the Middle East, Noah's ark landed on Mt.Ararat, and Utnapishti's ark on Mt.Nisir. For forty days and forty nights rain poured down on earth and on Noah's ark, however, the Baby...

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... the gods insisted on ending the racket at once (Gilgamesh). The only reason Gilgamesh was spared is that he was informed of the flood by Ea, the water god, through a dream. Ea was one of many gods in this time. He told him to build a boat of equal width and length. He was to tear down his house for wood and ... 's violence. The next discrepancy lies in the amount of time it rained. Noah's story emphasized rain for forty days and forty nights. The number forty also appears in several other biblical stories. Gilgamesh's rainfall lasts for just six days and nights. Upon the arrival on the m...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School