Similarities Between Gilgamesh And Noah
The Epic of Gilgamesh and Noah and the flood myths stories has several similarities and difference. In the both stories, there is an enormous flood that covers the earth. The flood myth in The Epic of Gilgamesh was written somewhere around 2750 and 2500 BCE, whereas the Noah and the Flood was written around 500 BC. As for The Mesopotamian story is date in the Bronze Age, 3000-1050 BC. All three stories tell a story of a noble figure who is apprised by mystical beings that a large flood is going to destroy the earth. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the central protagonist of this myth, Utnapishtim, is reached by Gilgamesh whilst on his mission in pursuit of immortality. Utnapishtim is ordered by Gilgamesh how he became immortal and that is when