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09/14/2011

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Term

Gilgamesh Archetypal themes

 

WORLD DESTRUCTION

Definition

 

 FLOOD

 

UTNAPISHTIM

Term

gilgamesh Recurrent archetypal themes

 

 

HERO

Definition

 

QUESTING LEADER

Term

gilgamesh archetypal themes

 

 

HERO

Definition

 

 

QUESTING LEADER

Term

Gilgamesh archetypal themes

 

 

IMMORTALITY

Definition
 
 
WANTS TO ESCAPE DEATH
Term

Gilgamesh archetypal themes

 

ENSLAVING OF MONSTERS

Definition

 

KILLS HUMBABA

 

BULL OF HEAVEN

Term

 

why did gods create Enkidu?

Definition

 

to contend with king

 

to absorb his energies

Term
 
ENKIDU
Definition

 

LIVES LIKE A WILD ANIMAL BEFORE WRESTLES GILGAMESH

 

FAITHFUL FRIEND

Term

 

 

GILGAMESH AND ENKIDU LEAVE URUK TO FIGHT

 

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Definition

 

 

HUMBABA

Term

 

WHY DO GILGAMESH AND ENKIDU FIGHT HUMBABA?

Definition

 

TO DESTROY HIM. HE'S A GIANT WHO GUARDS THE FOREST

Term

 

WHERE DOES HUMBABA LIVE?

Definition

 

 

CEDAR FORREST

Term

 

 

DESCRIBE HUMBABA

Definition

 

-TEETH DRAGON'S FANGS

-COUNTENANCE LIKE A LION

-CRUSHES THE TREES OF THE FOREST

 

Term

 

WHO WANTS TO TURN BACK FROM FIGHTING HUMBABA BECAUSE HE IS SCARED?

Definition

 

 

ENKIDU

Term

 

 

WHY IS ENKIDU SCARED?

Definition

 

 

HE KNOWS ABOUT THE GIANT AND HIS BEING FIERCE

Term

 

 

HOW DOES GILGAMESH RESPOND TO HIS FRIEND'S FEAR?

Definition

 

HE TELLS HE WILL BE THERE TO AID HIM & THEY NEED TO LET GO OF FEAR

Term

 

GILGAMESH CALLS OUT TO SHAMASH TO HELP- WHAT DOES THE GOD SEND

Definition

 

THE GREAT WIND

Term

 

WHOSE HEART WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION WHEN HUMBABA BEGS FOR HIS LIFE?

Definition

 

GILGAMESH

Term

 

WHO WINS THE BATTLE WITH HUMBABA?

Definition

 

GILGAMESH AND ENKIDU

Term

 

WHEN GILGAMESH REJECTS ISHTAR(the cause) WHAT IS THE EFFECT?

Definition

 

ISHTAR BRINGS DOWN THE MIGHTY BULL OF HEAVEN DOWN TO THREATEN HIM

Term

 

WHY DO THE GODS GIVE ENKIDU A "DEATH SENTENCE"?

Definition

 

ENKIDU INSULTS ISHTAR

Term

 

CHARACTER'S IN ENKIDU'S SECOND DREAM

 

Definition

 

SOMBER FACED MAN-BIRD

 

QUEEN OF THE DARKNESS

 

A VAMPIRE FACE

Term

 

ARCHETYPAL SETTINGS

Definition

 

-IDEAL PLACE

-WATERY

-A GREAT TREE CONNECTING HEAVEN &EARTH

-UNIVERSE WITH OPPOSITES

-A MOUNTAIN THAT'S HOLY

-UNDERWORLD

-A CIRCLE MEANING COMPLETION

 

Term

 

WHY DID GILGAMESH GO ON A QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY?

Definition

 

WHEN ENKIDU DIES HE LISTENS TO HIS DREAM ABOUT HOW BAD THE UNDERWORLD SOUNDS

Term

 

WHO ARE THE ONLY HUMANS WHO HAVE DEFEATED DEATH?

Definition

 

UTNAPISHTIM

Term

 

WHY DO THE GODS AGREE TO DESTROY MANKIND?

Definition

 

BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY PEOPLE AND TOO MUCH NOISE

Term

 

WHAT DOES EA TELL UTNAPISHTIM TO DO?

Definition

 

TO TEAR HIS HOUSE DOWN AND BUILD A BOAT. 

Term

 

HOW MANY DAYS DID IT TAKE TO BUILD A BOAT?

Definition

 

7

Term

 

WHO IS THE "RIDER OF THE STORM"?

Definition

 

ADA

Term

 

AFTER THE TEMPEST (THE STORM) STARTS, EVEN THE GODS ARE TERRIFIED. WHICH GODDESS CRIES OUT IN REGRET?

Definition

 

ISHTAR

Term

 

 

Definition
Term

 

HOW LONG DOES THE STORM LAST?

Definition

 

6 DAYS AND 6 NIGHTS

Term

 

WHERE DID THE BOAT BECOME GROUNDED?

Definition

 

MOUNTAIN OF NISIR

Term

 

WHY DOES UTNAPISHTIM RELEASE 3 BIRDS FROM THE BOAT? NAMES AND WHAT HAPPENED?

Definition

DOVE-CAME BACK -IT'S NOT SAFE

 

SWALLOW- CAME BACK

 

RAVEN-DOESN'T COME BACK-IT'S SAFE

Term

 

WHICH GOD BECOMES ANGRY WHEN HE SAW THE BOAT AND SURVIVORS?

Definition

 

ENLIL

Term

 

WHAT BLESSING IS GIVEN BY ENLIL TO UTNAPISHTIM AND HIS WIFE?

Definition

 

IMMORTALITY (WHAT GILGAMESH WANTS) 

&

A HOME (at mouth of river)

Term

 

TO TEST IF GILGAMESH IS WORTHY OF IMMORTALITY, UTNAPISHTIM TELLS HIM HE MUST NOT DO WHAT?

Definition

 

SLEEP

Term

 

DOES GILGAMESH PASS THE TEST?

Definition

 

NO

Term

 

URSHANABI IS

Definition

 

FERRYMAN (takes gilgamesh to wash his body, hair and clothes as instructed by Utnapishtim)

Term

 

Gilgamesh receives new clothes and a new fillet.

 

WHAT IS A FILLET?

Definition

 

A NARROW BAND WORN AROUND THE HEAD TO HOLD HAIR IN PLACE

Term

 

 

WHAT IS THE "SECRET" UTNAPISHTIM REVEALS TO GILGAMESH?

Definition

 

THERE IS A PLANT UNDER WATER THAT CAN GIVE

 

HIM IMMORTALITY

Term

 

WHY DOES GILGAMESH TIE STONES TO HIS FEET?

Definition

 

SO HE CAN SINK TO THE BOTTOM TO PICK THE PLANT

Term

 

WHAT DOES GILGAMESH NAME THE PLANT?

Definition

 

THE OLD MEN ARE YOUNG AGAIN

Term
 
WHY DOES HE CALL IT THIS NAME?
 
Definition

 

 

IT WILL GIVE PEOPLE ETERNAL LIFE

Term

 

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PLANT

Definition

 

THE SNAKE SMELLS THE PLANT AND EATS IT

Term

 

HOW DOES GILGAMESH REACT?

Definition

 

HE CRIES

Term

 

WHAT LESSONS DOES GILGAMESH LEARN?

 

Definition

 

TO BE A MORE CARING KING

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