A Womens Rath
Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned. Truer words have never been spoken in the world of literature. In our modern society some people might believe that The Bitch is a new concept. However, female aggression and bitchyness has been around far longer than most people tend to believ....

Apocalypses in Greek Myths
To the closed minded reader, the different counts of apocalypses in epic myths seem to all be identical to each other. In the examples of Homer's Odyssey, Genesis, and Gilgamesh, you would have a routine disobedience from a mortal human level against a higher God power. It seems to be that when the ....

Atlantis: Fact or Conjecture?
Very little is known about Atlantis. There have been stories that the Atlanteans had vehicles capable of war and flight and were able to do medical miracles. But the only reliable source we have of this lost continent is from Timaeus and Critias, written by Plato over two thousand years ago. In P....

Beowolf Vs. Gilgamesh
Epic poems have been written since the days of Sumer and ancient Greece, weaving glorious tales of brave heroes that went on impeccable journeys in search for great treasure. Among the oldest epics are Gilgamesh and Beowulf, with the two heroes both going on quests - one to seek eternal life, and th....

Between the two rivers
The Epic of Gilgamesh tells an ancient tale of a king: two-thirds god and one-third man. Gilgamesh resides as the strict ruler of the Uruk city and holds tyranny over his people. The Epic describes Gilgamesh's journey to find friends, immortality, and truth. Set it ancient Mesopotamia....

Building empires-a necessity for riverine societies
Building empires-a necessity for riverine societies History is the story of man from the very earliest period to the present day. It is the story of the problems he faced, the successes he encountered and how he adjusted with the environment. It also tells us how man shaped his surroundings accor....

Comparison Between Genesis and Gilgamesh Flood Stories
Many people know the famous story of the Genesis flood but do not recognize how much it resembles the Gilgamesh flood story. There are differences, naturally, between the two. However, the similarities are rather astounding. Its fascinating how the stories are very much the same on the surface,....

Confrontation of Mortality: American Soldiers, Gilgamesh, Immortality and the Fear of Death
The well developed themes within The Epic of Gilgamesh closely mirror many ideas and themes prevalent in todays world. Through Gilgamesh, a connection between the illusion of immortality and the common fear of death is explored. Today, the confrontation of mortality and the desire for immorta....

Dreams in the story
In the story Gilgamesh, several dreams are told to help introduce important ideas and foreshadow future events. The first dream foreshadows the union of Gilgamesh and his comrade Enkidu, thereby establishing the theme of the story by illustrating their eternal friendship. Enkidu and Gilgamesh con....

Friendship Theme in Gilgamesh
True friendship is egalitarian. Everything is shared, loyalty to the friendship is equal, and the basis of the camaraderie is wholly altruistic. The friendship between the king Gilgamesh and the man of the steppe, Enkidu, was not a true and equal friendship. Loyalties and sacrifices to that friends....

Gilgamesh
Gilgameshs relationships with others Gilgamesh, as a king, relates to a lot of people, at least all the people in his country. But from the story, we can see that although the number of people is huge, but the variety is pretty small. Everyone in his relationship n....

Gilgamesh and Abraham: What it means to be human?
The epic tales of the creations of societies and people, as we know so far, have been told as verbal myths and legends for centuries. Every group of people has their own story about existence of the world and its creation. In the Epic of Gilgamesh and in the Holy Bible, two men are chosen as the p....

gilgamesh versus gilgamesh
The two cultures I chose to compare heroic values for are the ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Anglo-Saxon cultures. The texts I used in the comparison are Gilgamesh for Mesopotamia and Beowulf for Anglo-Saxon. Although they posses many similar heroic characteristics they also differ greatly. Beowul....

Gilgamesh VS Beowulf
Immortal Life vs. Immortal Name: Gilgamesh and Beowulf Death, fate, immortality, destiny are all the subjects that we tend to want to avoid. We tend not to dwell on this subject of life after death because we are uncomfortable with the unknown. But when we actually allow ourselves to think of t....

Immortal Life vs. Immortal Name: Gilgamesh and Beowulf
Death. Fate. Immortality. Destiny. All are subjects that we tend to avoid. While most of us hope for life after death, we tend not to dwell on this subject because we are uncomfortable with the unknown. On those rare occasions when we allow ourselves to think about the fact that our days are numbere....

Inspirations from the Greeks
The purpose of this paper is to show how the American society has been greatly influenced by ancient Greece. The influences that have affected our society are from Greek people, art, literature, clothing, philosophy, mathematics, science, games, food, schooling, womens life, and religion. The G....

Oedipus - Overcoming your Obstacles
When it comes to an epic, we think of a story or poem about a heroic person. We think of someone who has done great deeds and has saved the world. We see a person who has died but left his mark in the end. The epic of Gilgamesh was an epic about a quest hero. The story of Oedipus was more of an....

Similarities Between Gilgamesh & Genesis
The Mesopotamian legend, The Epic of Gilgamesh and the stories in Genesis in the bible carry so many similarities. In both stories [the] God(s) became upset with the people on Earth and decided to send a flood (Genesis ch6:5v11). There then was a man (Noah & Ut-Napishtim) chosen to build an ark....

The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh, which comes to us from around 2000 B.C., tells us of Mesopotamian culture in which the King of Uruk lived, the story itself, which actually predates the Bible by 500 years, and also ties in the stories that can be related to the Bible today. The Epic of Gilgamesh begins w....

The epic of gilgamesh (The change from tyranny to a monarchy)
Can a tyranny be changed to a monarchy based on the developing inner-morality of its leader? The Epic of Gilgamesh provides an account of a leader's relationship between his subjects', his friend, the gods, and himself. Through the relationships, Gilgamesh sets out on a quest to find immortality ....

Utnapishtim v Noah
Utnapishtim v. Noah There are many stories of global flood that destroyed earth and all mankind except for one man, his family, and samples of every land animal. The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by N.K. Sandars, and The Flood in Genesis, parallel each other in many ways. They are so similar th....

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