Gilgamesh P. 65-92

The final pages of Gilgamesh describe how Utnaphism tells the story to Gilgamesh of why he granted eternal life. This is a lot like the Bible stories and Jwish beliefs of the Arch of Noe. There is going to be a flood in the banks of the Euphrates river, and the gods tell him to escape with his family and a boat. This boat has to contain each living thing so that they save fro the flood. This is exactly like the story of the Arch of Noe when God tells Noe that there is gonna rain straight for 7 days and no one is going to save themselves. Soon Noe takes his family and takes two of each animal species in his arc so they can later recreate. When God punished men this way it was called The Universal Flood, and many people were killed. When it all ended God made a pact with men telling them that he would never punish men tahat way again. (The symbol of this pact became the rainbow). It also relates because he spent 7 days doing it, which are the same number of days that God created Earth, therefore it symbolizes that it was a very important accomplishment to be done. After all of this ha happened and the Universal Flood had ended Utnaphism and his wife were named god and goddess, and were granted eternal life in heaven.

Finally when its time for Gilgamesh to go, he thanks Utnaphism, and the boatmen help him freshen up. The boatmen and himself traveled a lot to get to the city of Uruk. Suddenly Gilgamesh remembers about his Drum and Drumstick (which obviously symbolizes something different) and Enkidu agrees to get them for him. After, they encounter each other and Enkidu describes him how it was in the under world and that the vermin ate his body. Enkidu describes Gilgamesh how it is among the dead and he responds with a quote I really liked "Garbage is what he eats en the nether World. "No dog would eat the food he has to eat"...