Comparison Of Noah And Gilgamesh

Life is 10% about how you influence it, and 90% about how you choose to live it. The conditions of his life are not what determine a man’s personality. Maybe it’s how a man responds to those circumstances that defines his character. “From the Epic of Gilgamesh” and “Noah and the Flood”, both Gilgamesh and Noah are subject to similar conditions but they don’t always react in the same way. The postulations “Gilgamesh,” and “Noah and the Flood”, about the mission to everlasting status and extreme frailty, refers to the human fear of dying and the need to be recalled. The ways in which they were delivered may reflect the differences in “The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis.” Both Noah, Gilgamesh and others were granted a chance at living. Noah followed God’s instructions and was spared death by the flood. Gilgamesh accepted the promise of eternal life and responded in an easygoing manner. This made it difficult for him to achieve his goal twice. Perhaps Hebraic culture values conformity and training, while old Middle Eastern societies give more weight to actions and deeds.

Noah is the man of action who follows directions and escapes a surge. Gilgamesh however, is the man of brutes who suffers from interminable pain and who is often referred to as the “man who did the right thing” The respective societies have similarly elevated each of them. The rise in both stories destroys most of creation. These surges can be seen as an image. These surges are an image. The Epic of Gilgamesh shows how the divine beings decided to flood earth six days and six nights ago. Utnapishtim is a watercraft that was built to help humanity recover from the flood. God surged the Earth for 40 days and forty nights according to Genesis. God chose Noah to build an ark in order to save two creatures and to revive life after the surge. The Epic of Gilgamesh is one story, while Genesis is another. They both describe a surge and provide some important insights. Both stories describe how humankind was eliminated due to the fact that it was becoming more chaotic. The Epic of Gilgamesh describes Enlil as a god who needed to destroy humankind because “the mayhem of mankind is unbearable.” (108). Alternate divine beings also agreed with Enlil. God also observed that man’s fiendishness had taken control of the Earth in Genesis. Utnapishtim, who was an admirer and protector of Ea, was able to survive the great surge. Utnapishtim built a sturdy watercraft to help them travel. Noah brought two additional creatures, their families, along with their children, aboard. Utnapishtim had a vessel that measured two hundred feet in height and six stories. Noah’s Ark measured thirty cubits in height and was three stories tall. Noah and Utnapishtim survived the surge in separate vessels.