Wisdom/ Morality
Gilgamesh
Who was the wisest character in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Shamesh is a god of
What is the sun god?
Who is Enkidu?
Gilgamesh
Who is the King of Uruk?
Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Who became better people after they met?
Gilgamesh adventure to find
Who is Utnapishtim?
Gilgamesh rejects a this woman due to intimate relationship
Who is Ishtar?
Women
The gods
Who do the people not want to anger?
Gilgamesh tries to achieve this through his epic
What is immortality?
Motivates Gilgamesh throughout his epic
What is love?
magnificent ziggurats, or temple towers
What is one of the things that Gilgamesh built?
Inevitability of death
(Everyone will die at some point)
What was the main knowledge that Gilgamesh gained from talking to Utnapishtim?
Gilgamesh fears about being this after Enkidus death
What is death?
Types of love that motivates Gilgamesh
to have peace
Why do the people of Uruk cry out to their gods?
Epic of Gilgamesh people fear their Gods.
The Judeo- Christian God is like a loving parent.
What is a difference in the God of the Judeo- Christians and the people in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Gilgamesh fails a test to stay awake for
What is is 6 days and 7 nights?
Enkidu learns something after his death
What is immortality?
2/3 God
1/3 man
What was Gilgamesh?