The Gilgamesh XI Flood Tablet contains a story other than the flood. The flood is included because the epic’s theme of immortality is granted to Utnapishtim by the gods. The main theme is that Utnapishtim is seen to have gained eternal life under unique, never-to-be-repeatable circumstances.
Gilgamesh spoke to Utanapishtim, the Faraway:“I have been looking at you,but your appearance is not strange–you are like me!You yourself are not different–you are like me!My mind was resolved to fight with you,(but instead?) my arm lies useless over you.Tell me, how is it that you stand in the Assembly of the Gods,and have found … Continue reading “The epic of Gılgamesh – Tablet XI”
