Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament share some similarities; there are several differences as well. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the God Enlil called for a flood because, “…the world teemed, the people multiplied, the world bellowed like a wild bull, and the great god was aroused.” The idea behind the flood was to kill all of humankind, but the God Ea came to Utnapishtim in a dream and told him to build …showed first 75 words of 536 total…

…showed last 75 words of 536 total…of himself. He test the strength of his people’s belief by making them suffer a number of things to see if they throw their faith away such as in Job. In Oedipus and Antigone there are also many Gods, although the belief in them isn’t as strong as in the epic of Gilgamesh. The idea of Oedipus and Antigone is mainly about fate. Again in the Iliad the people believe in many Gods.