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Gilgamesh cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| EA | god of the sweet waters, also of wisdom, a patron of arts and one of th creators of mankind. |
| Enlil | god of earth,wind,and universal air. |
| Shamash | the sun for the sumerians he was pally the judge and law-giver with some fertility attributes. |
| Ninsun | The mother of Gilgamesh, a minor goddess whose house was in Uruk. |
| Humbaba | A guardian of the cedar forest who opposes Gilgamesh and is killed by him and A guardian of the cedar forest who opposes Gilgamesh and is killed by him and Enkidu. enkidu. |
| Bull of Heaven | A Personification of drought created by Anu for Ishtar. |
| Enkidu | goddess of creation, out of clay in thr image and of the essence of Anu, the sky-god, and of Ninuta the war-god. |
| Uruk | Biblical Erech,Modern Warka, in southern Babylonia between fara. |
| Utnapishtim | old Babylonian utanapishtim, Sumerian Ziusudra; was in the flood , gilgamesh goes to him |
| Urshanabi | |
| The ferryman | he takes Gilgamesh to Utnapishim |
| The trapper | the one who sees Enidue as a wild man and goes to get the harlot |
| The harlot | after being with Enkdui 6 days and 7 nights he has the thoughts of a man and wisdom. |
| cedar wood | the wood Gilgamesh and Enkidu get to build a doorway it is guareded by Humbaba. |
| why Enlil curses Gilgamesh and Enkidu | they killed Humbaba |
| vampire faced man bird | He takes Enkidu to his dream |
| Ershekigal | the queen of the underworld, Enkidu sees her there |
| Gilgamesh rages | he does this when Enkidu dies |
| Gilgamesh wears animal skins and has long hair | honer is friend |
| Scorpion men | at the gate, guards the mountions of Mashu |
| Mashu | Mountions of darkness |
| Darkness | an-archetype-covers the mountions-opposite of Shamash |
| Archetype | a theme that occurs in many cultures-examples are darkness (the dark sides), lost love one |
| 12 leagues | how far darkness covers the mountions |
| 6 days and 7 nights | how long it rains, the flood, the boat floats,how lon Enkidu is with the Harlot |
| Why the gods cower like curs | because the storm comes and it is terrifying |
| A raven, a swallow, a dove | the birds that are let go to see if the waters have receded |
| Reeds | the Utnapishtim builds his boat(barque) out of |
| Cane, cedar, myrtle | the wood that Utnapishtim sacrifices to the gods after the waters recede |
| The walls | walls around the city, what Gilgamesh is proudest of. |
| Washes his hair and puts on new clothes | they would never wear out , a rebirth , a new man , he is no longer mourning for Enkidu |
| Magic plant | makes old men young-Gligamesh gets it but a serpent takes it from hom |
| A serpent | steals the magic plant,ALWAYS for evil |
| Carved the story in stone | what Gligamesh does upon the returning to Uruk |
| arrogance | what describes Gligamesh and he loses over the course of the story |
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