2006-08-06 12:49:42 · 5 answers · asked by laguna_lover91 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Common themes???
One of the first "flood myths" - LONG before the Noah story
The quest for immortality
What the Greeks would later describe as "hubris"
The "purity" of man in his "natural" state [Enkidu]
Venegeful Gods/Goddesses
A hero's life
2006-08-06 13:11:12 · answer #1 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gilgamesh has the chance to become immortal and screws it up. Also the contrasting of cultured man and natural man in the form of Enkidu, including Enkidu's fall from grace and expulsion from the natural state because of knowledge of a woman (much like the Adam myth of the Hebrews).
2006-08-06 20:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Immortality, invincibility, and the fact that Gilgamesh will get neither.
2006-08-06 20:18:22 · answer #3 · answered by Isis-sama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gilgamesh threatens if Ekidu doesn't do his homework for him, he won't play Pirates with him.
2006-08-06 20:12:12 · answer #4 · answered by Nerdly Stud 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personal power, friendship, immortality, divinity.
2006-08-08 14:25:10 · answer #5 · answered by Yngona D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋