Gods
Whispered to Utnapishtim
Who is Ea?
A repeating idea or situation
What is a motif?
"Must I die, too? Must I be like that?"
Who is Gilgamesh?
Gilgamesh's kingdom
What is Uruk?
Who is Shamhat?
Has affairs with human lovers
Who is Ishtar?
The way a character changes over the course of a story
What is transformation?
"Hurry, he has not put on the seven. He wears but one."
Who is Shamash?
What is the Faraway?
Wept for her children, who were now with the fish
Who is Ishtar?
The lord of the Mesopotamian gods
Who is Enlil?
"The demon must be killed before Enli and the other gods are told."
Who is Enkidu?
Where Huwawa lives
What is the Cedar Forest?
Who is Utnapishtim's wife?
Demon guardian of the forest
The pattern all stories follow
"How is it that one man has saved himself?"
Who is Enlil?
Where Siduri lives
What is the garden?
Rowed Gilgamesh across the waters of death
Who is Urshanabi?
The sun god
Who is Shamash?
An object that represents something else
What is a symbol?
"May the name of the companion be forgotten?"
Who is Enkidu?
Where Shamhat first leads Enkidu?
What is the shepherds' camp?
Gilgamesh's mother
Who is Rimat Ninsun?