tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643436593986079958.post1471597991268403319..comments2014-08-27T02:13:12.565-04:00Comments on stepacross: Gilgamesh: Final ThoughtsAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903346427412963421noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643436593986079958.post-43340624913745792122011-01-16T23:11:23.125-05:002011-01-16T23:11:23.125-05:00'A well written summary. However, I would be c...'A well written summary. However, I would be cautious about drawing the main lessons of the epic from tablet twelve. Most scholars point out that this tablet displays no continuity with the main narrative (Enkidu is alive at the beginning of the tablet), and is simply copied directly from part of an older Sumerian Gilgamesh poem. It is clearly a "tacked on" addition to the epic proper.<br /><br />'Another minor point: Utnapishtim and his wife are never explicitly described as gods, although they are granted immortality "like the gods". The reason is not stated, but the context suggests that it is becuase they preserved "the seed of all living things" that would otherwise have been completely destroyed by the flood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com