Characters
This character guards the Cedar Forest and is killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Humbaba
This character tempted Enkidu in the forest and persuaded him to go to Uruk to fight Gilgamesh
Shamhat
"Go, set off to Uruk, tell Gilgamesh of this Man of Might. He will give you the harlot Shamhat, take her with you".
The Hunter
The earliest documented writing came from
Summerians, who settled in Mesopotamia
What was the purpose of Enkidu?
to defeat Gilgamesh
This goddess created Enkidu
Aruru
This character was rejected by Gilgamesh and told her father to send down the Bull of heaven
Ishtar
” have not established my name stamped on bricks as my destiny decreed; therefore I will go to the country where the cedar is felled. I will set up my name in the place where the names of famous men are written, and where- no man's name is written yet I will wise a monument to the gods”
Gilgamesh
wedge-shaped piece of wood to make marks
Cuneiform
What were Gilgamesh's two dreams in the beginning
He tired to lift a meteor that was too heavy, and he was drawn to an axe.
This character survived the Great Flood by building a boat and is now immortal
Utnapishtim
God of earth, wind, and air, who sent the Great Flood to humankind.
Enlil
"You loved him and embraced him as a wife;
and it is he who will repeatedly save you."
Ninsun
Gilgamesh was found in
1849
Why does Gilgamesh deny Ishtar?
Ishtar has a history of many lovers and kills them after she uses them.
This character is a ferryman who takes Gilgamesh across the Waters of Death
Urshanabi
The mother of Gilgamesh "Wild Cow"
Ninsun
"Woe unto Gilgamesh who slandered me and killed the Bull of Heaven!"
Ishtar
began orally recited in
2700 BC
What does Enkidu's dream foreshadow
his death
This character is the father of all gods and sent the Bull of Heaven to Gilgamesh after Gilgamesh rejected his daughter,
Anu
Guards the twin peaked mountain of Mashu
Scorpion Man
"He will have the people of Uruk go into mourning and moaning over you, and fill the happy people with woe over you. And after you he will let his body bear a filthy mat of hair, will don the skin of a lion and roam the wilderness."
Shamash
What are the four themes in Gilgamesh
friendship, fame, immortality, and conflict
How many days is Enkidu sick for before he dies?
12