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Comment by blueskies on September 11th, 2016 at 1:53 pm
if I maybe allowed to share an idea as to the reason for the 2 different but similar stories concerning the flood, noah , Gilgamesh, …. Reason being: Noah had 3 sons – Japheth, Ham, Shem. thus it would make sense that each of the 3 sons would have a their own version handed down to their descendants. thus Ham would have his version (the Gilgamesh) as well as Ham’s descendants having their version ( Noah & the bible). should a third version come probably be the Japheth version. simple explanation for the different versions of same journey.
Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on September 12th, 2016 at 9:49 am
Thank you, blueskies, for your comment. That is certainly an interesting idea. However, there are already more than three versions of a great flood with a warning to build a boat to save himself and others, such as the Hindu story of Matsya, Deucalion in Greek mythology, and various Native American mythologies. The similarities among these disparate myths does suggest that they evolved from or influenced each other.
Comment by Shannon on July 21st, 2024 at 5:06 pm
Just an insignificant grammatical error here — with reference to the sentence quoted below, you might want to change ‘move’ to ‘moves,’ as it refers to ‘sight,’ which is singular…
‘Gilgamesh returns to Uruk in despair, but the sight of its massive walls move him to praise.’
Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on July 22nd, 2024 at 11:10 am
Thank you for your comment.
We appreciate your pointing out that error, which will be fixed ASAP!
Thank you again for taking the time to help make NWE a valuable information resource.
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