Similarities_Of_The_Bible_And_Gilgamesh

Similarities Of The Bible And Gilgamesh In the first volume of the Norton Anthology of World Literature, the introduction tells the readers about the “invention of writing and the earliest literatures” (3). The earliest form of writing in 3000BC in Mesopotamia led to the first recorded story, Gilgamesh. Interpreted by N.K. Sandars, this epic shows the Egyptian’s love and worship of nature. The story also has several parallels to the bible and more specifically the story of Noah and the flood. The characters of Gilgamesh worship different gods of nature and emotions such as love. This is important in showing the importance of nature in the 3000 BC world. In this time the people would use everything in nature to help them prosper in their lives. The gods also helped Gilgamesh and Enkindu’s journey into the forest. By guiding the men, the sun god Shamash helped them to trudge onto their destination, to kill Humbaba. story, gilgamesh, nature, both, shamash, humbaba, helped, bible, writing, worship, world, wind, noah, men, love, gods, god, flood, first, earliest, boats, because, the, wind…they, whirlwind, volume, trudge, times, time, tells, sun, summoning, storm, stories, specifically