The Epic of Gilgamesh
This king rules the city of Uruk
Who is Gilgamesh?
According to Genesis, God creates the world in this many days, resting on the seventh.
What is six days of creation?
Which goddess creates Enkidu?
Who is Aruru?
What natural disaster occurs in both Genesis and The Epic of Gilgamesh?
What is a great flood?
What does Gilgamesh fear after Enkidu dies?
What is death?
This character becomes Gilgamesh’s close friend after first being created as his rival.
Who is Enkidu?
These are the first man and woman in the Garden of Eden.
Who are Adam and Eve?
Who helps Enkidu become familiar with human society?
Who is Shamhat?
Who does God choose to survive the flood in Genesis?
Who is Noah?
According to Genesis, in whose image are human beings created?
What is God's image?
Gilgamesh and Enkidu travel here to fight Humbaba and obtain fame.
What is the Cedar Forest?
This man builds an ark to survive the great flood.
Who is Noah?
What creature tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit?
What is the serpent?
Which god warns Utnapishtim about the coming flood?
Who is Ea, also known as Enki?
What does Gilgamesh learn about human life during his journey?
What is that humans cannot escape death?
This goddess becomes angry with Gilgamesh after he rejects her romantic advances.
Who is Ishtar?
Which brother kills Abel out of jealousy?
Who is Cain?
Who is Abraham’s wife and the mother of Isaac?
Who is Sarah?
Which bird returns to Noah with a fresh olive leaf?
What is a dove?
What is one major similarity between the flood stories in Genesis and The Epic of Gilgamesh
What is it that both feature a great flood and a survivor whose life is saved?
After Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh goes on a journey seeking this.
What is immortality?
What was Abraham’s name before God changed it?
Who was Abram?
Who survives the flood in The Epic of Gilgamesh and later tells Gilgamesh about it?
Who is Utnapishtim?
What sign does God give Noah as a promise never again to destroy all life with a flood?
What is a rainbow?
What is one major difference between Genesis and The Epic of Gilgamesh regarding their gods?
What is that Genesis presents one supreme God, while The Epic of Gilgamesh features multiple gods?