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~Why and where do they think tablet 3 is? ~Who is Ninsun? (in Tablet 4) ~In tablet 5, Humbaba sets a curse on Enkidu. It was "Of you two, many Enkidu not live the longer, may Enkidu not find any peace in this world." Why did Humbaba place this curse on Enkidu.
Replying to what Tiffany said about Tablet 5: I think Humbaba set a curse on Enkidu not Gilgamesh because Enkidu was the one that said to kill Humbaba. Gilgamesh was seriously thinking about the offer to take all the trees and leave Humbaba alive. Enkidu destroyed the chance of Humbaba living.
-Did any of the people or places in the story exsisted when this was written or were they based off of anything in that time(such as Tablet 9 the Garden of Gems, or Tablet 8 a monument like the one for Enkidu? -Do any of their names mean anything?
That was also my question. -Did any of the people or places in the story really exsised? -Is it something that they just believe in or did this really happen?
Why would the gods be afraid of a flood?(Tablet 11) The story is full circle. It ends with the same story that we are reading. Why would someone end their story with where it started? Was it meant to be a symbol, possible of life and death and how immortality does not exsist in this world of ours?
I wondered why the gods would be afraid of a flood too. I dont think the people or places existed, I think that was made up. I think the point of the story was to show us a little bit of the culture.
One thing I didn't understand was why Gilgamesh would want to cut down all the ceder trees in the first place. In Tablet 7 they were called heroes for what they did. It didn't seem like a very heroic thing to do. Also,why was Enkidu punished? It was Gilgamesh's idea to kill Humbaba, and Gilgamesh was the person who killed Humbaba in the end of the fight.
Nick -- good point about the Forest. From our perspective today, clear-cutting a forest might not be such a good idea :) Just out of curiosity, what WOULD be a heroic thing to do?
After reading the story of Gilgamesh, I only really have 2 questions. The first one is that for some of the shorter tablets they say that parts of them are missing, do they have any ideas as to why that is? And second, Is the curse Humbaba put on Enkidu the reason that he died?
replying to emily, i do believe that the reason Enkidu died was because of the curse, but also because of the fact that the gods decided that he needed to be punished or the killing of the bull. i have a few questions
-why did Utnapishtim say that Gilgamesh could have eternal life if he stayed awake for 7 days? - why did, when the snake ate the plant, this lead to snakes shedding skin?
When I read this story I found it rather weird...I think that it was interesting that Noah and the Ark was related to this story. Why is the sky god the major god of the city? How do Enkidu and Gilamesh immediatl become trustworthy friends? Where is the rest of tablet 3? In tablet 4 how do we know that Enkidu puts a positive spin on the dreams? Is Shamash a god or a person or both? Replying to Nick, I think that Enkidu and Gilamesh just wanted to do something to show off their strength...
I thought this story was different than any that we would read about. I do not understand why a goddess would have to pray to a different god? She could just do it for herself (the little bit of Tablet 3).
I think that we know that Enkidu put a positive spin on the dream because he put a positive spin of the first two.
In the story what i found most interesting is that in some of the tablets it said, line missing, or most of tablet___doesnt exist. So I was curious about what info was supposd to be there.
Were the gods like people to the characters in this story? They seemed to be afraid that a god would come and hurt them and there wasn't just one god. Also Gilamesh was part god. Were gods more common than they are today? When the story was referring to men was it reffering to all mankind? Are men more important in this story?
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~Why and where do they think tablet 3 is?
~Who is Ninsun? (in Tablet 4)
~In tablet 5, Humbaba sets a curse on Enkidu. It was "Of you two, many Enkidu not live the longer, may Enkidu not find any peace in this world." Why did Humbaba place this curse on Enkidu.
Replying to what Tiffany said about Tablet 5: I think Humbaba set a curse on Enkidu not Gilgamesh because Enkidu was the one that said to kill Humbaba. Gilgamesh was seriously thinking about the offer to take all the trees and leave Humbaba alive. Enkidu destroyed the chance of Humbaba living.
-Did any of the people or places in the story exsisted when this was written or were they based off of anything in that time(such as Tablet 9 the Garden of Gems, or Tablet 8 a monument like the one for Enkidu?
-Do any of their names mean anything?
That was also my question.
-Did any of the people or places in the story really exsised?
-Is it something that they just believe in or did this really happen?
Why would the gods be afraid of a flood?(Tablet 11)
The story is full circle. It ends with the same story that we are reading. Why would someone end their story with where it started? Was it meant to be a symbol, possible of life and death and how immortality does not exsist in this world of ours?
I wondered why the gods would be afraid of a flood too. I dont think the people or places existed, I think that was made up. I think the point of the story was to show us a little bit of the culture.
One thing I didn't understand was why Gilgamesh would want to cut down all the ceder trees in the first place. In Tablet 7 they were called heroes for what they did. It didn't seem like a very heroic thing to do. Also,why was Enkidu punished? It was Gilgamesh's idea to kill Humbaba, and Gilgamesh was the person who killed Humbaba in the end of the fight.
Nick -- good point about the Forest. From our perspective today, clear-cutting a forest might not be such a good idea :) Just out of curiosity, what WOULD be a heroic thing to do?
After reading the story of Gilgamesh, I only really have 2 questions. The first one is that for some of the shorter tablets they say that parts of them are missing, do they have any ideas as to why that is? And second, Is the curse Humbaba put on Enkidu the reason that he died?
replying to emily, i do believe that the reason Enkidu died was because of the curse, but also because of the fact that the gods decided that he needed to be punished or the killing of the bull. i have a few questions
-why did Utnapishtim say that Gilgamesh could have eternal life if he stayed awake for 7 days?
- why did, when the snake ate the plant, this lead to snakes shedding skin?
When I read this story I found it rather weird...I think that it was interesting that Noah and the Ark was related to this story. Why is the sky god the major god of the city? How do Enkidu and Gilamesh immediatl become trustworthy friends? Where is the rest of tablet 3? In tablet 4 how do we know that Enkidu puts a positive spin on the dreams? Is Shamash a god or a person or both? Replying to Nick, I think that Enkidu and Gilamesh just wanted to do something to show off their strength...
I thought this story was different than any that we would read about. I do not understand why a goddess would have to pray to a different god? She could just do it for herself (the little bit of Tablet 3).
I think that we know that Enkidu put a positive spin on the dream because he put a positive spin of the first two.
Why would the gods fear the flood?
was the curse the reason Enkidu died?
annd what happend to the missing tablet and missing peices
In the story what i found most interesting is that in some of the tablets it said, line missing, or most of tablet___doesnt exist. So I was curious about what info was supposd to be there.
Were the gods like people to the characters in this story? They seemed to be afraid that a god would come and hurt them and there wasn't just one god. Also Gilamesh was part god. Were gods more common than they are today? When the story was referring to men was it reffering to all mankind? Are men more important in this story?
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