2006-12-05 15:35:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
From The Epic of Gilgamesh
"The sky screamed and storms wrecked the earth... Flood ended... I released the watch-bird, to soar in search of land. The bird came back within a day exhausted, unrelieved from lack of rest. I then released a swallow, to soar in search for land, [which also returned missing text here - olive branch perhaps?]. I then released a raven, to soar in search of land. The bird took flight above more shallow seas, found food and found release and found no need to fly back to me."
2006-12-05 15:40:04 · update #1
Here you go
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/noahs_ark_010823-1.html
2006-12-05 15:38:50 · answer #1 · answered by Sir J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to take the first 5 books of Genesis literally. And literary copywrites expire after 20 years.
2006-12-05 15:42:54 · answer #2 · answered by Br. Dymphna S.F.O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its true I did an assignment on it a few years back. And it definitely exists on Mt. Ararat
2006-12-05 15:39:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well...it would have been just too, too obvious if the author(s) had used "Utanapishtim"....
plagiarized?...many/most of the OT stories are variations of (then) existing texts; reworked, realigned....
if you have not yet read them, might I suggest
The Avesta
The Enuma Elish
2006-12-05 15:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋