Two Great Floods - The Bible and Epic of Gilgamesh

In the two Great Flood Bible and the Gilgamesque epic, God or gods caused a flood to destroy mankind. In Gilgamesh, people declined what to do, as humans cried out loudly to disturb the gods. In the Bible version of the flood story, God regrets the creation of humanity. Because people became evil. In the Bible, he is sorry to create a human being because he thinks they have evil thoughts that they are evil.

The flood of Noah and the epic flood of Gilgamesh were caused by Christians since they were found in Nineveh's great library place in the mid-nineteenth century. The Noah era floods dates back to the 3000th century BC 1, the rest of the epic contains little typical worthy to Christians, as it contains typical mythical myths associated with the pagan people of those days.

Noah's Ark vs. Gilgamesque Epic Gilgamesh epic is a story of ancient Mesopotamia about suffering which must be endured when living. The story contained a story of the flood covering the earth and killed all but a few residents. The story of this flood is common to most people and influences history in several ways. It exists in the epic poem of Gilgamesh and finds the evidence of real flooding to many people. It also makes the same basic story and assertions in several other religions and cultures.

In Gilgamesh epic and the Bible, a flood took place. The floods of both stories have destroyed most humans. These floods are symbolic. They represent human regeneration and a new beginning, and the gods and the wrath of God. In the gilgamesh epic, the gods decided to destroy mankind by flooding the earth for 6 days and 6 nights. Utnapishtim was chosen to build a ship to restart humans after the flood. In the Bible, God decided that the world had too much evil and decided to drown the earth for 40 days and night. God picked Noah, rescued each of the two animals and built an ark to restart humans after the flood. In Gilgamesh and the Bible epic, the story of the flood happens in comparison with a comparison between some important aspects of these stories.