WORLD LITERATURE COMPARE CONTRAST PAPER GILGAMESH AND GENESIS FLOOD ACCOUNTS Total destruction! The water is covering the whole entire world swallowing every living creature from human to insect into the abyss of wet darkness during the Great Flood. During my reading of The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis I found that there are definitely some similarities between the flood accounts in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis; however‚ there are some differences as well. I plan to discuss the similarities
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The stories of the Flood from Genesis and Gilgamesh are more different than alike. First of all‚ in the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the actual flood was caused by the furious gods when they‚ especially Enlil‚ desired to exterminate all of mankind for making too much noise and causing a ruckus which prevented the gods from sleeping‚ even though the people were in fact blooming in success. To the contrary‚ God started the flood in Genesis because he believed the only way to cleanse mankind’s evil hearts and
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21-005 The Story of the Flood in three Gilgamesh‚ The Metamorphosis and Genesis It is apparent in our class readings‚ that when the gods are angry at the humans they created‚ these gods unleash unforgiving rains to flood the earth‚ and kill the human race. Over the years‚ there have been various texts about these floods. While the occurrences of the floods themselves are continuous throughout these texts‚ they have varying reasons for the cause of the floods and different aftermaths or consequences
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After reading the flood story of Gilgamesh and the flood story in Genesis it is obvious that there is a relationship between the two. If someone were to tell you a summary of one‚ they would ultimately be telling you a summary of the other. But just because the overviews are the same does not mean that they are not different. The Epic of Gilgamesh and the story of Genesis have very minor differences‚ but these differences make each story distinct. When God made human beings he did so because he
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The Flood In both The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Genesis‚ a flood is sent down in order to wipe out the human population. In both‚ the flood has survivors who replenish the human race‚ but their goals are different. Although a major flood is present in Gilgamesh and The Genesis‚ it differs in the reasons behind it and why. The occurrence of the flood is similar in both the Genesis and Gilgamesh. In both‚ two men are employed to build a boat in the event of an upcoming flood. Noah is advised by God
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cultures are familiar with the story of the flood found in Genesis. It is a very important and interesting story to many Catholics. The main message of the story is God is angry with all the sin in the world‚ so he decides to start over by sending a flood to wipe out mankind and restart with Noah and his family. Not everyone might be as familiar with the Mesopotamian story of the flood found in Gilgamesh. One would likely assume the story of the flood would have many difference considering the
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Differences and Similarities between Genesis and Gilgamesh While in today’s world there are many different versions of the story of the flood‚ and what god actually meant‚ I will be discussing two stories. The flood is referred to as the ending of mankind‚ and the world due to god being frustrated with how the humans were acting. In this case I am referring to Genesis and Gilgamesh‚ and looking at how they are different and similar by comparing their reasonings for the flood‚ the announcement‚ and the birds
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their respective cultures. Striking similarities are readily seen between the Book of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh of the Hebrews and Sumerians respectively. Both sources include a tale of a great flood that was to clear the earth of its inhabitants. Although the Epic of Gilgamesh predates the Book of Genesis by hundreds of years‚ the Sumerian text probably had a profound influence over the latter. Genesis‚ the first book of the Old Testament in the Bible‚ is so named because it opens with
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difference between the truth of the Bible and the pantheist beliefs of some stories‚ and how they can affect their lives. The flood in Genesis is not the only story of its kind‚ other mythological versions have a very similar act to tell. The flood in Genesis shows that the one existing God (Yahweh) controls all things‚ and in the mythological story of the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the god Enlil needed other gods to help control all things. The overall point in the stories come to a similar conclusion -humanity
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people know the famous story of the Genesis flood but unknown to many is the striking resemblance it holds to an earlier flood story from the epic of Gilgamesh. Dissecting both stories the reader is revealed similarities but also numerous differences. Both the story from Gilgamesh and the Genesis occur in the Iraqi/Turkey area. This information helps provide a strong connection between the tales. During the ages when Gilgamesh was written and even the Genesis‚ books were not readily available to
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