Flood Stories And Gilgamesh

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Flood Stories And Gilgamesh Essay, Research Paper

?The Flood Stories? The amazing stories of the great flood that are

described in, The Epic of Gilgamesh which is translated by N.K. Sandars and

?The Story of the Flood? which is the King James version, both stories

similarly. Many of the events of each story are very similar in ways and very

different in some of them. From reading both stories I concluded that there was

a huge flood that took place in that area of the world. Even though the way both

stories describe the flood; The Epic of Gilgamesh is more imaginable. I say that

because it is more realistic to have rain for six days, six nights than for

forty days, forty nights. Both flood stories have a major similarity and

difference though. Both stories described the same flood but they did it in

different ways. One difference that backs it up is in The Epic of Gilgamesh the

rains that cause the floods only last six days, six nights and in ?The Flood

Story in Genesis? the rains last forty days, forty nights. A quote that tells

about the flood is when Utnapishtim said, ?For six days and six nights the

wind blew, torrent and tempest and flood overwhelmed the world, tempest and

flood raged together like warring hosts (pg. 25).? This quote by Utnapishtim

describes how bad the weather, rains, and wind were during the six days and six

nights of the storm. On the other hand in ?The Story of the Flood? it rained

for forty days, forty nights. While God was talking to Noah he said, ?For yet

seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty

nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the

face of the earth (pg. 48 line 4).? This quote describes how long God will

have the 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 in The

Epic of Gilgamesh is easier for someone to believe than the length of the rains

in Genesis. Even 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 and the only place he could see

was Mount Nisir. Correspondingly, in ?The 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 prove that the flood was probably real and

not just a story to tell children so they would be scared to cause chaos. The

two stories are both similar for the way described in the above paragraph. The

major similarity between the two stories is that the god or gods sent the flood

because the people of the world because they were causing chaos and were

corrupt. In The Epic of Gilgamesh Enlil and the other gods were mad about how

the people were taking too much control and that is why the gods sent the flood.

Ea told Utnapishtim in a dream to build an arc because the gods were going to

send a flood that was going to wipe out all of mankind. ? O man of Shurrupak,

son of Ubara-Tutu; tear down your house and build a boat, abandon possessions

and look for life, despise worldly goods and save your soul alive. Tear down

your house, I say, and build a boat. These are the measurements of the baroque

as you shall build her: let her beam equal her length, let her deck be roofed

like the vault that covers the abyss; then take up into the boat the seed of all

living creatures (pg. 23-24).? In addition ?The Story of the Flood? for

about the same reasons God did the same thing. God said, ?The end of all flesh

is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and,

behold, I will destroy them with the earth(pg. 47 line 13).? Finally, he told

Noah to build an arc while walking and talking to him. He told him to build an

arc because he was going to have a flood fueled by forty days and forty nights

of rain. Therefore the two stories are both similar in the reason why the god or

gods sent it. In conclusion the flood stories in The Epic of Gilgamesh and the

flood story of Genesis are the same in ways and different in some. You can

conclude this from the reasons given above. These stories relate to the world

and people today because people look to the flood stories for religious reasons.

When people look at these stories they feel that if they start to become corrupt

and chaotic that a god might make a natural disaster to wipe out mankind. That

is the importance that the flood stories have on all of mankind.

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