Comparison Of Noah And Gilgamesh

Life is 90% about how you choose to influence it. It is not the circumstances that make a man a man. Maybe it’s how a man responds to those circumstances that defines his identity. “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 vulnerability speaks to the human fear of dying and the willingness to forget to take responsibility for the inevitable. The estimations of their way of life may be reflected in the differences between Genesis and “The Epic of Gilgamesh”. Both Noah, Gilgamesh and others were granted a chance at life. 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 responsible for execution wild brutes who came so close to death. The respective societies have similarly elevated each of them. The two stories create a tsunami that destroys the majority 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 40 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. These stories reveal that humankind was being exterminated due to the emergence of riotous situations. 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 a true admirer and protector of Ea, was able to survive the huge 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 high. Noah and Utnapishtim survived the surge in separate vessels.