It is a historical fact that a great deluge once destroyed every human being on earth except a single family. The book of Genesis contains the only reliable account of this earth-shaking event. However, this traumatic experience left its mark on the oral traditions of a wide variety of people. Some late accounts of the ...
The floods described in the early epic “Gilgamesh” and the Biblical book of “Genesis” are both similar and different in many ways. In “Gilgamesh,” mankind is being punished because they annoy the god Enlil with their intolerable “clamour” (41). Enlil confers with the other gods, and they unanimously decide to rid the world of the ...
The epic of Gilgamesh is a wonderful piece of literature portraying the main character, Gilgamesh, as a strong powerful leader who is two-thirds God and stronger than any other King alive. He was truly a hero showing skill, intelligence, valor, reverence, and a respect for death. He goes fearlessly into battle to rid the world ...
The story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu dates back seven millennia and is one of war and aggression balanced by friendship, loyalty and peace. Gilgamesh’s story was found on 12 tablets in the Library of King Assurbanipal of Nineveh. His epic tale is over 7000 years old and reveals much about the cultural attitudes by the ...
Dreams are regarded in many different ways, depending on the person, culture, community, family, or nation. The importance of dreams is based on how a person feels about them. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, both Gilgamesh and Enkidu have dreams that are of vast importance to both them and the story. Their dreams are interpreted ...
A literary masterpiece is one that can withstand a test of time. Time is not only the simple passage of years, but also, with the changing times comes a change of ideals, mindsets, practices, structures of government, also changes in laws and thought patterns of people as a whole. Classic literature must have a theme, ...
From the Neolithic to the Urban Revolutions, the development of human civilization underwent many changes. These alterations were very influential to each other and to life today. Without these revolutions, we would still be hunter gatherers. Before the Neolithic Revolution, humans were hunter gatherers. This time was called the Paleolithic Era or the Old Stone ...
“No woman here is going to be allowed to walk all over us. Otherwise, as men we’ll be disgraced. We won’t deserve the name” (Heaney, p. 42). Throughout history, women have been treated differently than men. Additionally, the standards to which women were held to also varied with different civilizations. This is very apparent in ...
Most ancient civilizations have a legend that speaks of a great flood that covered the whole Earth. The civilizations include places as the Middle East, India, China, Australia, southern Asia, the islands of the Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. (“Creation/Flood”) With so many stories in so many regions of the world, is it safe ...
