Gilgamesh Legacy's Journey
A legacy’s journey
Gilgamesh was a very attractive masculine hero who was two thirds god and one third man. He was the powerful king of Uruk who went on a long, hard, and physical journey to achieve his number one goal, which was immortality. Through his journey Gilgamesh faced many obstacles and challenges that made it even more difficult in accomplishing his goal. There were many unimportant and important steps throughout his journey that showed the development of Gilgamesh’s true identity, and how he matured along the way.
In the beginning of the Gilgamesh epic, the first step is important because it shows how Gilgamesh’s personality and identity was when he was starting out his journey. Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk and he started out his quest being very selfish, cocky, and unfair to the people of his city. …show more content…
The step where Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh about the flood story is unimportant because it doesn’t show the creation of Gilgamesh’s identity. Utnapishtim began to tell him how he used to be the king of the city Shurruppak, and how the god Ea told him to build a boat and put two of every species on the boat because he was going to flood the earth. Utnapishtim was wondering what he should tell the people of his city. So Ea said, “tell them this: I have learnt that Enil is wrathful of me, I dare no longer walk in his land nor live in his city; I will go down to the gulf to dwell with Ea my lord. But on you he will rain an abundance, rare fish and shy wild fowl, a rich harvest tide. In the evening the rider of the storm will bring you wheat in torrents.”(24 Epic of Gilgamesh) The boat was completed in seven days and after the flood Utnapishtim saw no sign of life. Then Utnapishtim and his family were rewarded and received the gift of eternal life. Gilgamesh was interested in Utnapishtim’s story and asked him if there was anything that he could do to gain
Gilgamesh was a very attractive masculine hero who was two thirds god and one third man. He was the powerful king of Uruk who went on a long, hard, and physical journey to achieve his number one goal, which was immortality. Through his journey Gilgamesh faced many obstacles and challenges that made it even more difficult in accomplishing his goal. There were many unimportant and important steps throughout his journey that showed the development of Gilgamesh’s true identity, and how he matured along the way.
In the beginning of the Gilgamesh epic, the first step is important because it shows how Gilgamesh’s personality and identity was when he was starting out his journey. Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk and he started out his quest being very selfish, cocky, and unfair to the people of his city. …show more content…
The step where Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh about the flood story is unimportant because it doesn’t show the creation of Gilgamesh’s identity. Utnapishtim began to tell him how he used to be the king of the city Shurruppak, and how the god Ea told him to build a boat and put two of every species on the boat because he was going to flood the earth. Utnapishtim was wondering what he should tell the people of his city. So Ea said, “tell them this: I have learnt that Enil is wrathful of me, I dare no longer walk in his land nor live in his city; I will go down to the gulf to dwell with Ea my lord. But on you he will rain an abundance, rare fish and shy wild fowl, a rich harvest tide. In the evening the rider of the storm will bring you wheat in torrents.”(24 Epic of Gilgamesh) The boat was completed in seven days and after the flood Utnapishtim saw no sign of life. Then Utnapishtim and his family were rewarded and received the gift of eternal life. Gilgamesh was interested in Utnapishtim’s story and asked him if there was anything that he could do to gain