Epic of Gilgamesh

What does Gilgamesh build in Uruk?

Walls, and a temple of Eanna for Anu

Why did the gods create Enkidu?

To take down Gilgamesh

How do they plan to lure Enkidu from the hills?

With a harlot

Why does Enkidu agree to go to Uruk?

Because he wants to meet Gilgamesh

What are Gilgamesh's two dreams?

He tried to lift a meteor that was too heavy and he was drawn to an axe

Who wins the fight between Gilgamesh and Enkidu?

Gilgamesh

What journey do Gilgamesh and Enkidu decide to take and who do they kill?

They decide to cut down cedar and kill Humbaba

Who does Gilgamesh sacrifice to, and what allies does he enlist to help him on his journey?

Shamash and he enlists the winds' help.

What are Gilgamesh's two dreams at the gate to the forest?

One of a wild bull and one of a falling mountain.

What scares Gilgamesh in his third dream?

Darkness fell and everything turned to ashes and fell

Who convinces Gilgamesh to show no mercy and kill Humbaba?

Enkidu

Who wants to marry Gilgamesh?

Ishtar

What does Gilgamesh answer to Ishtar and why?

No, because he knows that Ishtar has had many lovers and that she is not faithful to them and kills them/disposes of them

Ishtar asks Anu to give her what so she can punish Gilgamesh?

the Bull of Heaven

Enkidu's dream foreshadow's what?

That Enkidu will die

Enkidu curses who for his sickness?

The trapper, the harlot, and the gate

Enkidu is ill how many days before he dies?

12 days

How does Gilgamesh react to Enkidu's death?

He weeps for 7 days

What does Gilgamesh make to honor his friend?

a statue made out of gold and lapis lazuli

What is Gilgamesh's next quest?

to find everlasting life and Utnapishtim

Who guards the gates to the Underworld?

a Scorpion-Man

Has anyone ever completed this quest?

one man: Utnapishtim

How many leagues does Gilgamesh travel before he reaches light?

12 leagues (36 miles)

Who warns Gilgamesh that he will not find a new life?

Siduri: winemaker to the gods

Who bars the gates to the garden?

Siduri

Who is the ferryman who may help Gilgamesh cross the waters?

Urshanabi

What does Gilgamesh do to the boat?

He destroys the tackle

Gilgamesh reaches \______, the land of the Faraway and his father.

Dilmun

What question do Siduri, Urshanabi, and Utnapishtim ask Gilgamesh?

"Why are you doing this?"

What does Gilgamesh fear?

death

What does Utnapishtim say he will reveal to Gilgamesh?

a secret of the gods

What noisy city flourishes and angers the gods?

Shurrupak

What does he load on the boat?

gold, family, kin, one male and one female of every animal, and all the craftsmen

Who is the steersman of the boat?

Puzur-Amurri

Who rides a black cloud?

Adad

Describe the storm and list the gods that help destroy the earth.

The storm caused a flood. All of them

Where does the boat land?

The mountain of Nisir

Which bird does not return?

The raven

Why is Enlil angry?

Because no one was supposed to survive

What happens to Utnapishtim and his wife?

They become immortal

What must Gilgamesh do to get everlasting life? Does he?

Prevail against sleep for 6 days and 7 nights. No

What does Utnapishtim's wife do to prove how long Gilgamesh sleeps?

She bakes a loaf of bread for each day that he sleeps

Gilgamesh must find what in order to gain eternal youth?

A flower

Does he bring it back home? What happens?

He tries but a serpent stole it from him

Enlil tells Gilgamesh what is his true destiny?

The kingship

oldest, written by the Sumerians, written in cuneiform, about 2000 BC, folk epic

Epic of Gilgamesh