Gilgamesh's Journey by https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7 en-us 2019-03-21 14:45:51 UTC 2019-03-22 15:06:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Gilgamesh & Enkidu fight in the city of Uruk after Enkidu finds out about Gilgamesh sleeping with the bride before the groom does. Enkidu does not like this and decides to go to Uruk to battle Gilgamesh. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343829013 Tablet 2 page 47, lines 96-115]]> 2019-03-21 14:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343829013 twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343830955 2019-03-21 15:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343830955 twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343831568 2019-03-21 15:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343831568 Gilgamesh & Enkidu is now on their journey to kill the forest monster Humbaba and to cut a cedar tree. Enkidu, afraid yet still joins Gilgamesh in his journey. They both succesfully defeat Humbaba, cuts down a forest tree, and returns to Uruk with the head of Humbaba. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343834664 Tablet 5 page 61, lines 85-125]]> 2019-03-21 15:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343834664 twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343843130 2019-03-21 15:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343843130 Gilgamesh wants to go to the cedar forest to cut a cedar tree and to kill Humbaba and to have eternal fame. People of Uruk, including Enkidu tries to tell him the dangers of going. He wants Enkidu to join him but he is afraid. Gilgamesh convinces him to come and he will have fame too twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343845766 Tablet 2 page 49, lines 174-92)]]> 2019-03-21 15:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343845766 When Gilgamesh and Enkidu arrives back to Uruk and Gilgamesh cleans himself up and he is approached by Ishtar. Ishtar is fascinated by his beauty. She wants him to be her husband but Gilgamesh feels that he has nothing to offer to her. He then begins to insult her and her love life. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343851587 Tablet 6 page 62, lines 6-65]]> 2019-03-21 15:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343851587 twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343995258 2019-03-21 20:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343995258 Ishtar is mad about the insults Gilgamesh has made. She goes to her father to ask to send the Bull of Heaven to the land of Uruk. The king gives Ishtar permission and the Bull of Heaven dries up the groves, marshes, and reedbeds and men fell into pits. Enkidu then begins to attack the bull and asks for the help of Gilgamesh. Then they both kill the Bull of Heaven. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343995610 Tablet 6 page 64, lines 107-20
Tablet 6 page 65, lines 132-43]]> 2019-03-21 20:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343995610 After Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill the Bull of heaven Enkidu has a dream. He has a dream that the gods were meeting up to decide on who should die for the killing of the bull. After 12 days, Enkidu grows very ill and he dies. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343997718 Tablet 7 page 70, lines 159-71]]> 2019-03-21 20:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343997718 twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343998219 2019-03-21 20:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/343998219 Gilgamesh mourns the loss of Enkidu. Enkidu's death made Gilgamesh nervous about the thought of death and he then wants to begin his journey to find the secrets of immortality. Utnapishtum survived the Great Flood and became immortal and he holds the secrets to immortality. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344033900 Tablet 9 page 72, lines 5-10]]> 2019-03-21 23:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344033900 twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344042213 2019-03-22 00:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344042213 In order for Gilgamesh to reach Utnapishtum he has to cross the river known as the waters of death. Gilgamesh reaches the tavern of Siduri and asks the way to Utnapishtum. She explains to him that no mortal has ever been able to cross the waters of death. She then says that the only person that can help him cross is Utnapishtum's boatman, Ur-Shanabi. Ur-Shanabi holds the Stone Charms that gives protection to those who are crossing the waters of death. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344043032 Tablet 10 page 77, lines 89-93 
lines 95-105]]> 2019-03-22 00:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344043032 Gilgamesh attacks Ur-Shanabi with his axe and smashes the Stone Charms. He then goes into the forest and cuts down poles to help him and Ur-Shanabi cross the waters of death. They both take a pole at a time and reach the wharf of Utnapishtum. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344047577 Tablet 10 page 78, lines 128-59

]]> 2019-03-22 00:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344047577 twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344050788 2019-03-22 01:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344050788 When Gilgamesh finally reaches Utnapishtum, he tells him how he has grown afraid of death after the passing of his friend Enkidu and hopes to become immortal and live a long life. Then Utnapishtum starts to tell Gilgamesh the story of how he became immortal and a mystery of the other Gods. Utnapishtum then orders Ur-Shanabi to take Gilgamesh to the washing place to clean himself up. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344051688 Tablet 11 page 81, lines 9-47
Tablet 11 page 87, lines 250-74]]> 2019-03-22 01:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344051688 Before Gilgamesh and Ur-Shanabi go on their journey home, Utnapishtum tells him about a special plant that will make him younger, regain stamina, and give him eternal life. He wants to take it to Uruk and test it on a old man. Before he gets to Ururk, he stops at a pond to bathe. When he is in the pond a snake caught the scent of the plant and steals it from Gilgamesh. He is upset and crying about the plant being stolen and does not want to go back to Uruk empty handed. They begin to travel back to Uruk. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344240928 Tablet 11 page 88, lines 298-312]]> 2019-03-22 14:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344240928 twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344245622 2019-03-22 14:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344245622 Before Ur-Shanabi leaves Uruk, Gilgamesh tells him to study the foundation of Uruk as he leaves. At this point Gilgamesh has seen the value of life and realizes that death is not an option. He appreciates his town, Uruk and the people in it. twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344246039 Tablet 11 page 88, lines 326-32]]> 2019-03-22 14:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344246039 twhite0925 https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344249070 2019-03-22 14:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/twhite0925/g40bl9ogffv7/wish/344249070