gilgamesh

Question 1

Enlil

Answer 1

Can’t stand the clamor and uproar made by man

Question 2

Ea

Answer 2

Made an oath not to hurt mankind

Question 3

Urshanabi

Answer 3

Ferryman; Gilgamesh’s companion after Enkidu dies

Question 4

Jove

Answer 4

Walked on earth to see the evil of mankind

Question 5

Pyrrah

Answer 5

Throws stones behind which become women

Question 6

Ishtar

Answer 6

Inana

Question 7

Cedar Forest

Answer 7

Home of Humbaba

Question 8

Faraway

Answer 8

Home of Upnapishtim

Question 9

Scorpion man

Answer 9

Character who recognizes Gilgamesh as part god

Question 10

Lament

Answer 10

A cry or complaint of sorrowful nature

Question 11

Harlot

Answer 11

Teaches civilized behavior

Question 12

Shamash

Answer 12

Promises the wind

Question 13

Neti

Answer 13

Guards the gates of the netherworld

Question 14

Gilgamesh

Answer 14

Fights Humbaba, tries to find immortality; kills the Bull of Heaven

Question 15

Trapper

Answer 15

found Enkidu at the waterhole

Question 16

Ninsun

Answer 16

Asks Shamash why he gave Gilgamesh his wanderlust

Question 17

Upnapishtim

Answer 17

Survives in the Flood Myth

Question 18

Nincubura

Answer 18

Second coming of Inana

Question 19

Archetype

Answer 19

A stock character

Question 20

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 20

The concept that the world changes to human actions

Question 21

Wildman

Answer 21

The archetype of an uncivilized man

Question 22

Host Gift

Answer 22

A gift that a host gives to a visitor

Question 23

Destruction Myth

Answer 23

A myth where the world gets destroyed, but then redone

Question 24

Why does Ninsun adopt Enkidu?

Answer 24

Because he is a brother to Gilgamesh

Question 25

Ninsun

Answer 25

Gilgamesh's mom

Question 26

What is the cost of Ishtar borrowing the Bull of Heaven?

Answer 26

7 years of famine

Question 27

How does Ishtar show her anthromorphism?

Answer 27

Ishtar threatens her dad to get the Bull of Heaven

Question 28

What is Dimuzid's mistake at the end of the story?

Answer 28

Dimuzid sits in Ishtar's throne

Question 29

Anthromophism

Answer 29

When a concept of the gods are given human traits

Question 30

Parataxis

Answer 30

No chronology

Question 31

Syncretism

Answer 31

The fusion of two different beliefs or practices

Question 32

Gallu

Answer 32

A Mesopotamian demon, ex. Ishtar

Question 33

Xenia

Answer 33

Guest/host relations

Question 34

How does Enkidu insult Ishtar?

Answer 34

He throws a bull's thigh at Ishtar

Question 35

What happens to the youth-giving plant given to Gilgamesh?

Answer 35

A snake steals the plant

Question 36

Why do the Gods wipe out the human race?

Answer 36

Enlil thinks humans are too loud

Question 37

Anu

Answer 37

Gives the Bull of Heaven his son, Ishtar

Question 38

Themis

Answer 38

God of Prophecy

Question 39

Erishkagal

Answer 39

The one who rules the Underworld; Dimuzid's wife

Question 40

Oral Tradition

Answer 40

Tradition passed on from word

Question 41

Siduri

Answer 41

Maker of wine