Characters
Plot
Quotes
Backround
Hero Cycle
100
This person is 1/3 human and 2/3 god
Who is Gilgamesh
100
This was the place that Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought Humbaba
What is the forest
100
"There is no permanence."
Who is Utnapistim
100
What are the 2 rivers that bordered Mesopotamia
What the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers
100
Gilgamesh being 1/3 human and 2/3 god is part of what hero cycle
What is unusual birth
200
This person is a wild man, lives in the forest and is Gilgamesh's equal, he was made of mud
Who is Enkidu
200
Gilgamesh traversed this to get to Utnapishtim
What was the Ocean
200
How can I rest, how can I be at peace? Despair is in my heart. What my brother is now, that shall I be when I am dead
Who is Gilgamesh
200
The Mesopotamian made these because their citys became so large
What are City states
200
Fighting and killing Humbaba is what part of the hero cycle?
what is the Quest
300
He was the survivor of a great flood and was given immortality
Who is Utnapistim
300
This was sent to kill Gilgamesh because Gilgamesh wouldn't be Ishtar's boyfriend
What is the Bull from Heaven
300
"I am the strongest here, I have come to change the old order, I am he who was born in the hills, I am he who is strongest of all."'
Who is Enkidu?
300
These are know considered one of the wonders of the world
What are the walls of Babylon
300
Gilgamesh making sacrifices to gods is what part in the hero cycle?
What is help from the gods
400
This person owned an inn.
Who was Siduri
400
This person dies because he helped killed Humbaba
Who was Enkidu
400
"This one who comes to us is now the flesh of the Gods" "2/3 is god but 1/3 is man"
who is the man scorpion
400
The Mesopotamians created this language because they needed to keep track of all their stuff
What is cuneiform
400
Gilgamesh going through a tunnel for 13 leagues and swimming in the ocean until he found the plant that gives him eternal life is what part of the hero cycle
What is tested over and over?
500
Was Utnapistim's Ferryman
Who is Urshanabi
500
These helped Urshanabi across the river before Gilgamesh destroyed them
What are the Stone-things
500
"Let me go free, Gilgamesh, and I will be your servant, you shall be my lord"
Who is Humbaba
500
These were Temples dedicated to the gods
What are Ziggurats
500
Having Gilgamesh's name printed on bricks is what part in the hero cycle
What is Spirtual reward ofter death