https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep en-us 2018-01-03 13:36:09 UTC 2018-01-09 14:04:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218482363 2018-01-03 13:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218482363 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218484119 Utnapishtim confronts Gilgamesh and tells him that in order to be immortal, the great memories of them with their loved ones. H]]> 2018-01-03 13:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218484119 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218484133 "I think love's kiss kills of flesh/It is the only way to eternal life/ Which should be unbearable if lived/ Among the dying flowers/ And the shrieking farewells/ Of the overstretched arms of our spoiled hopes. "]]> 2018-01-03 13:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218484133 s9800033 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218484176 This connection to the biblical lands of heaven and hell is related to the bible and its stories of these lands. According to the bible, these places are achieved during the afterlife, depending on whether you were a sinner or not.]]> 2018-01-03 13:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218484176 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218484324 Utnapishtim says that love for someone makes them mortal. ]]> 2018-01-03 13:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218484324 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218485433 "Gilgamesh was speaking but only to relieve/ His weight of grief/ Not to demand an understanding"]]> 2018-01-03 13:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218485433 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218486237 Gilgamesh learns that Utnapishtim is lonely. Utnapishtin was also pleased by his presence. ]]> 2018-01-03 13:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218486237 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218486888 Gilgamesh comes to the realization that Utnapishtim himself is alone.]]> 2018-01-03 13:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218486888 s9800033 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218487814 "And build a ship. Abandon your possessions and the works that you find beautiful and crave and save your life instead. Into the ship bring the seed of all the living creatures."

This description of his journey sounds very similar to the biblical story of Noah's Arc where he takes two of every animal on a boat with himself to escape the flood]]> 2018-01-03 14:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218487814 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218488482 Ea, a member of the council of gods, blesses Utnapishtim by touching his foreheads and leaves him to live eternally on the flooded rivers.]]> 2018-01-03 14:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218488482 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218488837 Enlil, the god of war, ]]> 2018-01-03 14:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218488837 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218489869 Utnapishtim  told Gilgamesh how he became immortal. He explained that the gods were competing and then created the flood that wiped out majority of the population which made the gods feel ashamed. The god Ea then blessed Utnapishtim and transformed into a god. ]]> 2018-01-03 14:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218489869 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218491246 "I have only only known this feeling since/ when I look out across thew sea of death"]]> 2018-01-03 14:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218491246 s9800033 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218492804 The gods were competing to and created a flood that would destroy Utnapishtim home. He was told to build a boat to survive the flood but not tell anyone. This weather elates to the flood in the story of Noah as well.]]> 2018-01-03 14:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218492804 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218494076 "Let him be fresh and young again./ Let the band around his head be changed./ Let him return to his city untired./ His people need the sight of something new/ And the appearance of success."]]> 2018-01-03 14:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218494076 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218813566 Do you believe that Enkidu can receive eternal life since little knew him and a minimal amount had a close bond with him?]]> 2018-01-04 18:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218813566 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218814195 The story Upnapishtim tells Gilgamesh is almost identical to the story of Noah and The Ark. How do you think the story was carried on through the time of Ancient Mesopotamia to the time of scripture writing?]]> 2018-01-04 18:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218814195 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218816632 Since the story of Upnapishtim is related to Noah and the Bible, how does this reveal certain characteristics of Upnapishtim?]]> 2018-01-04 18:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218816632 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218818149 What does the plant in the lake represent?]]> 2018-01-04 18:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218818149 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218818280 When the wife of Upnapishtim tells him to remember what he felt, he does something he would not have done if she hadn't. What does the Wife represent in the story?]]> 2018-01-04 18:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/218818280 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219340661 Enlil, the god of war, was the one who blessed Utnapishtim. This made him and his wife gods.]]> 2018-01-08 13:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219340661 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219341107 "There is a plant in the river. Its thorns/ Will prick your hands as a rose thorn pricks/ But it will give to you new life."]]> 2018-01-08 13:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219341107 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219342216 "In time he recognized this loss/As the end of his journey/ And returned to Uruk."]]> 2018-01-08 14:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219342216 s9800033 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219342961 As he listened, Gilgamesh felt tiredness come over him." As Utnapishtim was telling his story and sharing his wisdom it made me realize that Utnapishtim could be a christ character, as he shares his wisdom with others and possesses eternal life.  ]]> 2018-01-08 14:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219342961 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219343185 Utnapishtim's wife tells her husband to send Gilgamesh home to be at peace. He orders her to bake loaves of bread and put them near his head, one for each day he sleeps. There was a total of seven loaves when he woke up.]]> 2018-01-08 14:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219343185 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219343194 "As if to say it is impossible/ To keep the names of friends/ Whom we have lost.]]> 2018-01-08 14:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219343194 s9800033 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219345308 Gilgamesh's journey could represents a smaller hero's journey inside the larger, whole story hero's journey. He travels and faces difficulties while trying to just get to the resolution]]> 2018-01-08 14:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219345308 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219590791 Gilgamesh sleeps for 7 days straight which causes Utnapishtim to make him leave. Before Gilgamesh leaves, Utnapishtim decides to help him. He tells him there is a plant that could help him. ]]> 2018-01-09 01:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219590791 https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219591341 Gilgamesh decides to end his journey and then bathes in the river. The serpent unfortunately eats the plant he worked so hard to get. He then makes his way back to Uruk but, as a transformed man. He is now generous and considerate.  ]]> 2018-01-09 01:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800039/r93nq28xhbep/wish/219591341