Gilgamesh and Genesis The Great Flood Stories, Also Gilgamesh compared to other Epics.

Gilgamesh and the Genesis The Great Flood Stories. 

     If you notice that the stories are both talk about the great flood. There are different in many ways. Lets start with Gilgamesh's portray on the great flood. The flood was announced to utnapishtim in his dreams. There were seven stories of the boat also in this version. The shape of the boat was cubed. Utnapishtim was allowed to take his family and a few others. There was only heavy rain. The flood only lasted six short days. There were a dove, a swallow and a raven on board. The arks landing spot was Mount. Nisir. The cause of the flood was Man's Sins. The sender was the assembly of "gods".


    Now lets talk about the Genesis version of the story. In the Genesis it is said that the flood was announced to Noah by God himself. There were also only three stories on the boat. the shape of the boat was oblong box. Noah also did not complain when he was told to build the boat. Noah was only allowed to take his family. There was water coming from underground and from heavy rain. The flood lasts for 40 days and nights.The arks landing spot in this version was the mountains of Ararat. The cause of the flood was man's wickedness. The sender of the flood was Yahweh. The boat only carried a raven and three doves.

    The common things between the two stories are the flood was global. They both were ordered to build a boat. The boats had many compartments inside,one window and one door. The outside coating of the boat was pitch. They both released birds to find land. They both sacrificed after the flood and blessed after the flood.
here is a musical song that describes noahs ark in its context of music

The comparison of Gilgamesh and The Other Epics. 
(this is about the relationship of the gods and the protagonist.)

   I believe in all the epic poems the gods have a real close relationship with the protagonist. The gods either meet up with them at some point in the story to help them or to lead them a stray. In the odyssey the gods help  odysseus at one point but when he doesn't repay them with respect he gets turned on. One Example is when Poseidon helps him stay hidden in the horse and when he odysseus gets back to the see poseidon will not let him return home because of not thanking him for the help he had gotten from a god.  In the Illiad Achilles gets help from the gods to know how and when to beat hector.  The gods in  Gilgamesh help him by getting him together with his true love but then his true love gets taken away from in his future.