The examples from each story show how similar these men were. Utnapishtim and Noah had covenants made to them at the end by a divine power. After the flood had finished both men made sacrifices to their respective god. With this you can see how Noah was told by God to do in order for him to be saved. Thee…Thus did Noah according to all that God commanded him, Sort shalt thou bring into the ark, too keep alive with And every living thing of all flesh, two of every The ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives With thee will I establish my covenant and thou shalt come into Wood rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it withinĪnd without with pitch. Like Utnapishtim, God asked Noah:Īnd God said unto Noah, the end of all flesh is come before me įor the earth is filled with violence through them and behold, This showed that Ea had chosen Utnapishtim and told him what to do in order to be saved. These are the measurements of the barque 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 (“Gilgamesh” 37) Tear down your house, I say, and build a boat. The god Ea said to Utnapishtim: tear down your house and build a boat, abandon possessions and look for life, despise worldly goods and save your soul alive. Each of them was asked to build an Ark, to house him, a few others and samples of each land animal. Utnapishtim and Noah both had strong faiths. Both these men were seemingly ordinary men. Utnapishtim and Noah were both chosen by a divine power to survive a global flood. Utnapishtim and Noah, the “chosen” men in each of the stories, are seemingly identical, except for some key differences.Įach of these men are very similar in the way they are portrayed in each story. God picked Noah and his family to restart earth after the flood. “The Story of the Flood” story is about Noah’s Ark and how God decided to wipe out mankind by global flood for their wickedness. The god, Ea, picked Utnapishtim to be saved because he was Ea’s favorite. In this story the gods decided to destroy the earth by a global flood. The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a man named Utnapishtim. They have many similarities, yet at the same time they have distinguishable differences. They are so similar that you wonder if they are two different versions of the same story. Sandars, and “The Flood” in Genesis, parallel each other in many ways. The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by N.K. He had carved his trials on stone tablets.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. To the edge of the world and made his way back, exhaustedīut whole. Into the great mystery, the secret places, He had seen everything, had experienced all emotions,įrom exaltation to despair, had been granted a vision He came a far road, was weary, found peace,Īnd set all his labours on a tablet of stone. He brought back a tale before the Deluge. He saw what was secret, discovered what was hidden, He who saw the Deep, the country's foundation,Īnd of everything, the sum of wisdom. He went on a long journey, was weary, worn-out with labour, returning he rested, engraved on a stone the whole story. He was wise, he saw mysteries and knew secret things, he brought us a tale of the days before the flood. This was the man to whom all things were known this was the king who knew the countries of the world. I will proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh. Some chunks are still completely missing in all versions though.įor a relatively up-to-date literal translation of the standard epic and all related material in verse form, see The Epic of Gilgamesh (1999, translated for Penguin Classics by Andrew George.įirst lines in three English translations: Sandars Relevant words, lines and verses from earlier versions of the epic The available source material), translators have often inserted Uncovered material, have appeared regularly, either with or without We now have about two-thirds of the Standard Version of the epic, about half of the Old Babylonian epic preserved in up to eight versions, fragments of the Middle Babylonian epic from at least seven sources, and five of the Sumerian poems that provided some of the earliest written contributions to the eventual epic.Ĭomplete new translations of the epic, including the latest Translators have studied all the ancient Gilgamesh-related works, or fragments of works, as they have been brought to light. THE POEM | THE TEXT | THE TRANSLATIONS Filling in the gaps.or not
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