... . Both have a story about a flood in which most of the human race was destroyed. In both books those who survived did so inside of a boat that ended up resting on a mountain. Both books have a story that tells of birds being sent out to see if the land was dry. I would like to take a look at three other similarities that I found in ... mother what he had done." Judges 14:6 It is this same type of incredible strength, that we see Gilgamesh also display as he journeyed up the mountain forest with Enkidu his friend. They journeyed up the mountain forest to cut cedar trees, and when they wer...

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... to Gilgamesh, the power of immortality belonged to women for the sole reason that they are able to give birth. Gilgamesh starts out his journey to attain immortality at the mountain Mashu where he encounters the Scorpion-men, guardians of boundary between earth and sky, who tell him "It is impossible Gilgamesh, Nobody has passed through the ... mountain's inaccessible tract. " (Epic of Gilgamesh 140) Gilgamesh is upset since he is asked to leave, no human can make pass through the mountain Mashu. Gilgamesh then meets Siduri, goddess of brewing and wisdom, to whom he presented his proble...

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... though the stories were different there was many similarities in the stories. In The Epic of Gilgamesh after the rains had stopped Utnapishtim's arc landed on top of, Mt. Nisir, a mountain. It was the only place above the floodwaters that you could see. Utnapishtim said, I looked for land in vain, but fourteen leagues distant there appeared ... a mountain, and the boat grounded; on the mountain of Nisir the boat held fast, she held fast and did not budge (pg. 25).? This quote describes how Utnapishtim was looking for land while stranded out in the floodwater ... ...

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... these stories flood the earth exterminating devious beings, building massive boats to save good men, women, children, and animals, and consist of large arcs that landed on the summit of a mountain from which men and animals repopulated earth starting again new, with only good inhabitants. The words of these stories, which come from opposite origins share evidence that there is truth ... , and the flood that gave breed to a new civilization of righteous men and women and children affected both cultures. From communication between mortals and Gods, an outrageous flood, settlement on a moun...

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... one female and one male of each animal onto the boat with them. When the storms stopped in the Gilgamesh's flood, "on the mountain of Nisir the boat held fast" (pg. 111), and in Genesis, the ark rested upon a mountain as well, as stated in verse 8:4, "And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon ... ...

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... granted from the gods. His first journey to the cedar forest was in spite of death, his second journey to Utnapishtim is for a way to escape it. Gilgamesh approaches a great mountain where he must undergo a passage to which he will leads to a garden of the gods. Gilgamesh passes through the darkness of the passage and reaches the garden where he is ... ...

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... both place animals on the boats, both bring their families, and both sent birds out to see if it was safe to leave the boat. Both boats also landed on a mountain. These stories similarities may be because of a story passed down from the times of Noah and incorporated into the story of Gilgamesh to add a bit of extra excitement....

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... fight against Humbaba so that he will be remembered for all time. Shamash answered this by appointing "strong allies for Gilgamesh, sons of one mother, and stationed them in the mountain caves. The great winds he appointed: the north wind, the whirlwind, the storm and the icy wind, the tempest and the scorching wind. Like vipers, like dragons, like a scorching fire ... ...

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... 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 mountain top, each man sent out a dove, which returned because it found no place to land. Then, Gilgamesh sent out a swallow, which also returned. When Gilgamesh sent out a raven, it did ... ...

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... 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 mountain top, each man sent out a dove, which returned because it found no place to land. Then, Gilgamesh sent out a swallow, which also returned. When Gilgamesh sent out a raven, it did ... ...

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... three doves to search for land. In Gilgamesh Utnapishtim releases a raven, a dove, and a swallow to achieve the same. Both stories reveal as well that the vessels land on top of a mountain. Even though the stories name different mountains, the general locations of each are relatively in the same proximity. Apart from the similarities, there are crucial differences that should be examined ... ...

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... journey is futile and with fraught danger. They explain that no man born of woman has done what he is asking and no mortal man has ever gone into the mountain, but they still allow him to pass. Past Mount Mashu is the land of the night, where no light ever appears. Gilgamesh voyages twelve leagues before he is emerged into ... ...

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... fear pushes Gilgamesh to search for the power of eternal life. This takes him on a long and tiresome journey to a land where no mortal has gone before. Gilgamesh comes to a mountain where he first encounters Shamash who tells him that he will never find the immortality that he is looking for. This upsets Gilgamesh but instead he keeps trying. He continues ... ...

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... Thebes learns from an oracle that "doom would strike him down at the hands of a son" (Norton, Pg. 618) he sends his newly born son off to be left on a mountain with his ankles pinned together. However fate would have it that the child lived on, as the Shepard sent to do this task took pity on him and sent off ... ...

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