Comparing the Great Flood in Epic of Gilgamesh and the Biblical story o

Comparing the Great peeingspout in Epic of Gilgamesh and the Biblical story of Noahs Ark many of the similar antique stories can be found in different cultures. to each one story differs in a small way, nevertheless the general motif remains synonymous. One story that is paralleled in several cultures is the legend of a great flood. The epic of Gilgamesh resembles the Bibles story of Noahs Ark, but specific details differ in several aspects.The story of Gilgamesh originates from cardinal fire-hardened, mud tablets, written in cuneiform, in the Mesopotamian culture from around 2500 B.C.E. It has been passed mound through with(predicate) generations for centuries, teaching obedience to gods. The story of Noahs Ark, found in the Christian Bible, seems to do the same thing teach obedience to matinee idol.Many aspects of both stories ar the same. Both sagas start with the primer being passing populated, with no foreseen break in the continuation of a booming culture. Th e basis was too full. People were rowdy and reckless. Crime was widespread and grew day to day. The balance pertaining to this, is the reason the flood was sent. Noahs story rules that the flood was sent because the earth had become corrupt and filled with military group, (Genisis, 6). The only way to destroy this violence was to drown everyone but the chosen few. These chosen few were hand-picked by God as good pot to start a new, more strong and obedient civilization. Gilgameshs story says the reason for the flood was the volume the people created. The noise was intolerable and the gods insisted on ending the racket at once, (Duiker, 20). The comical reason Gilgamesh was spared is that he was informed of the flood by Ea, the water god, through a dream. Ea was one of many gods in this time. He told him to build a boat of equal width and length. He was to tear down his dwelling for wood and tell the curious townspeople that he was instructed to leave the urban center and go out to sea so as to please the gods. Ea in any case instructed him to take the seeds of life onto the ship with him. Meaning two of each animal, luxuriant food for them and his family to eat for some time, and whatever grain was left oer would be planted once the water receded, (Duiker, 20) . Noah was as well instructed to do the same. except his orders came from the one and only God. The Jewish culture believes in one arbitrary being. God told Noah ... ...o, there is one known flood that occurred in ancient times. The Black Sea used to be smaller than it is now. Archeologists have turn up this by finding remnants of structures below the present water level. The water also used to be fresh, not salt water. When the ice from the Ice eon melted, the lake started to dry out because the rivers began to flow blanketwards towards the sea. Then the ocean water rose very high and salt water rushed back into the empty sea, (Lecture, 9/7/1999). With so many different cultures assay to explain a great flood, there are bound to be differences in each account. The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Biblical story of Noahs Ark are different in small details. The fact that the two stories are so close in account to each other, with regard to general storyline, is sooner amazing when considering the fact that these two cultures are so very different.Bibliography1.Duiker, William J. and Spielvogel, capital of Mississippi J. World History, Comprehensive Volume, Second Edition. (Belmont, CA Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1998.)2.http//www.bibleontheweb.com/Bible.asp (Genesis 6-9.)3.http//www-relg-studies.scu.edu/netcours/rs011/restrict/gilflood.htm