Epic of Gilgamesh
2007-01-08 12:37:14 · 5 answers · asked by Atlas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-01-08 12:38:23 · update #1
Very interesting. Yet another instance of legend being written into the bible. I think that most people of the time must have believed that story so they had to incorporate it into the bible to show the validity of that book. Obviously, neither story is factual.
2007-01-08 12:47:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think there may have been one person (or one 'legend' of a person) and that different cultures adapted the story to better fit themselves. So I'm not saying Utnapishtim was Noah, but that Utnapishtim and Noah were the same person. It's a slight difference, but one I'm sticking by :-)
2007-01-08 12:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was Noah. The Epic of Gilgamesh just confuses me a bit, to be honest.
2007-01-08 12:41:18 · answer #3 · answered by Iamnotarobot (former believer) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to say he was another person. Utnapishtim didn't carry a lot of animals and was immortal after the flood, Noah died.
2007-01-08 12:41:43 · answer #4 · answered by Draco Paladin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look, the nature of fiction is that stories borrow elements from other stories. They're different characters in different stories, but the later (noah) was almost certainly influcenced by the former.
2007-01-08 12:47:54 · answer #5 · answered by eldad9 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋