Characters
the character who was created wild
Who is Enkidu?
the land between rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
the symbolic number in Gilgamesh
What is the number 7?
kept Gilgamesh from getting the plant of immortality
What is a snake?
Symbol for a new beginning from "The Flood" and "The Return"
What is water?
the fractions of Gilgamesh's divinity and humanity
What are 2/3 and 1/3?
the capital city of Gilgamesh's empire
What is Uruk?
the most obvious symbol of man's animal nature
Who is Enkidu?
A trapper complained about his behavior.
Who is Enkidu?
Symbol from "The Return" that represents trickery
What is a serpent/snake?
the character who summoned the great wind
Who is Shamash?
Humbaba's lair
What is the Cedar Forest?
symbol of Gilgamesh's transition from a bad to good leader
What is Uruk?
mode of travel to get to the plant of immortality
What is a boat?
Used to measure the days that Gilgamesh slept
What is/are bread/loaves of bread?
the character who relates the flood story to Gilgamesh
Who is Utnapishtim?
where the boat landed after the flood
What is Nisir?
symbol of a desire for fame and power
What is a monster?
force which Shamash brought against Humbaba to help Gilgamesh
What is/are the wind/the eight winds?
The genus of bird that did NOT return to Utnapishtim's boat
What is a raven?
the character who ordered the flood
Who is Enlil?
location of the plant that restores youth
under water
symbol of self-knowledge and transformation
What is a (hero's) journey?
Utnapishtim and his family "cheated" this
What is death?
The trait/flaw that leads to Gilgamesh's struggles
What is hubris?