Blog Response Tablet XI

After reading this tablet, I could realize how history repeats itself. When Gilgamesh talks about how the Gods unite to discuss someone's destiny; this also happened in the Greek mythology. Zeus and the other Gods ha a reunion to discuss the fate of a city or specific person. But at the end Zeus decided. Its inpresive how different civilizations in history have adopted many customs and practices from past civilizations. Another example from this in the text was when Utnapishtim tells his story to Gilgamesh. He says the the Gods told him that he had to build a gisnt boat so he could safe himself from the great flod that was going to happen. This the excact same story of Noah in the Bible. There were some changes of course, but the main idea is the same. He builds the boat, only his family can travel with him, two of each species boards the boat. He releases a brid to find land, never comes back. Releases other birds only one comes back. In the book this is a little different. Utnapishtim believes they the Birds never came back because they found land. Another chane is that Utnapishtim himself finds land. 

Other things I noticed was vocabulary. This are some of the words I didn't understand:

-Precinct: a district, as of a city, marked of governmental or administrative purposes, or police protection. 

-Profusion: abundance, abundant quantity.

-Bitumen: any of various natural substances, as asphalt, maltha, or gilsonite, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.

Image to response to Gilgamesh

This two images is what I think will happpen to us after death. Our soul leaves our body and goes to heaven.

Epic of Gilgamesh Tablets VI-VII

During this tablets I connected two events with other civilizations. When Gilgamesh is offered to have sexual relations with the goddess Ishtar, I can see this was a common thing between in other religions, not only in the Greek. I can recall that in the Greek mythology Zeus and the Olympians used to seduce mortals and then made love. I also connected Ishtar with the goddess Hera because both of them are always looking for a way to make the life of a human miserable if they don't like them. Gilgamesh didn't want to give his body away to the goddess, she got very mad and immediately had a meeting with the other gods to destroy Gilgamesh. The other event I connected was that this people in Mesopotamia also believed in the underworld, and that there was a god in the underworld, like the Greeks and Romans did.

Epic of Gilgamesh Tablets IV-V

During this two tablets I had a question? Why did Gilgamesh constantly have those nightmares?  Was this like a prediction of the future? I can connect this dreams to real life though this will sound crazy, some dreams I have actually happen. They are not big dreams like for example getting a car, becoming a Hollywood star, etc. They are much smaller things. An example could be being in a classroom with a friend. This quest Enkidu and Gilgamesh is very similar to the one Bilbo Baggins and his companions did en the book The Hobbit. Huwawa is similar to the dragon in The Hobbit because he was the guardian of cave and he was  invincible, and only a strong person could defeat him.

Epic of Gilgamesh Reading Blog Tablets I-III

During the reading of the first three tablets I saw on page six that in ancient times they used temple prostitutes. I remember that two years ago that I read a book in spanish called Que la Muerte Espere by an author called German Castro Caycedo which pointed out that people this days worship Satan. During certain types of rituals they still used temple prostitutes. What are they used for? What is their meaning? Other things I noticed during this first tablets was that like Goliath in the Bible, Enkidu and Gilgamesh were considered very strong and powerful since they were very tall. The last thing I noticed was that Gilgamesh and Enkidu after they wrestled, they kissed and took each other by hands. I could infer two things: first they were attracted to each other which was something very normal during ancient times to have lovers or companions from the same sex; and second people in ancient times to say hello kissed even though they were from the sex.