Hero Cycle
Quotes
Characters
Plot
Background
100
This is the first step in the hero cycle.
What is unusual birth?
100
This is what the giant Humbaba said after Gilgamesh and Enkidu cut down a cedar tree.
What is "Who is this that has violated by woods and cut down my cedar?"
100
This character is the main character of The Epic of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and 1/3 man and 2/3 god.
Who is Gilgamesh
100
The ____ of The Epic of Gilgamesh introduces the reader to Gilgamesh, as well as why the people of Uruk do not like him.
What is the exposition?
100
The name of this region translates to "between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
200
Gilgamesh had to go to the cedar forest and fight Humbaba to fulfill this part of the hero cycle.
What is a quest/adventure/journey?
200
This is the beginning of what the hunter said to his father after meeting Enkidu.
What is "Father, there is a man, unlike any other, who comes down from the hills."
200
This man was created to defeat Gilgamesh after the gods heard the pleas of the people of Uruk.
Who is Enkidu?
200
His ___ is to have his name stamped on bricks.
What is Gilgamesh's destiny?
200
These two rivers run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
300
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, this step in the hero cycle takes the form of dreams.
What is spiritual/divine help?
300
This is what Ea said to warn Utnapishtim of the flood.
What is "Reed-house, reed-house..."
300
This character is the sun god and helps Gilgamesh throughout his adventures.
Who is Shamash?
300
This event resulted in Gilgamesh and Enkidu's friendship.
What was the battle between Enkidu and Gilgamesh?
300
This is the form of writing used by the Mesopotamians for accounting.
What is cuneiform?
400
This step in the hero cycle involved Gilgamesh's quest for immortality.
What is being tested again and again?
400
This is what Utnapishtim said to Gilgamesh in response to his questions of immortality?
What is "There is no permanence?"
400
This was the barmaid that directed Gilgamesh to Urshanabi.
Who is Siduri?
400
This animal ate the prickly plant out of Gilgamesh's hand as he slept.
What is a serpent?
400
This man found all 12 tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Who was George Smith?
500
This is the final step in the hero cycle.
What is spiritual reward after death?
500
This is what the many coloured roller said after Ishtar struck and broke his wing.
What is "kappi, kappi, my wing, my wing?"
500
This man survived the Flood that wiped out most of humanity.
Who is Utnapishtim?
500
This is what Gilgamesh recieved after his death.
What is a eulogy?
500
The Mesopotamians exsisted at the beginning of this age.
What is the agrarian age?
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