Epic of Gilgamesh

• Anu - God of the heavens; the father-god.
• Ea - God of wisdom; usually a friend to humans.
• Enkidu - GIlgamesh's friend; a wild man whom the gods created out of clay.
• Enlil - God of the air, the wind, and the earth.
• Gilgamesh - King of Uruk and the epic's hero.
• Ishtar - Goddess of love and war; the queen of heaven.
• Ninurta - God of war and of irrigation.
• Shamash - God associated with the sun and human laws.
• Siduri - Goddess of wine and brewing.
• Urshanabi - Ferryman who travels daily across the sea of death to the home of Utnapishtim.
• Utnapishtim - Survivor of a flood sent by the gods to destroy humanity; the gods granted him eternal life.
• Enkidu took 12 days to die.
• Gilgamesh wept for 7 days after Enkidu's death.
• Utnapishtim Lands on Mount Nishir or Ararat
• In order to gain eternal life, Gilgamesh had to stay awake for six days and seven nights
• Gilgamesh's wife made seven loaves of bread
• The first loaf was hard
• The second loaf was like leather
• The third loaf was soggy
• The fourth loaf was moldy at the crust
• The fifth loaf was mildewed
• The sixth loaf was fresh
• The seventh loaf was still on embers
• The other method to eternal life was to find a flower at the bottom of an ocean
• When he got the flower, a snake came up and ate it