Essays Tagged: "Enlil"

ET and Egypt?

se the fetuses had grown too big. A Sumerian ab cuneiform inscription from Nippur says that Enlil, god ab of the air, violated the child of earth, Ninlil. ab Ninlil beseeched t ... ey do not understand how to kiss..."par ab ab I do not venture to speculate whether Enlil was ab an extraterrestrial or a first generation descendantpar ab but it does ...

(6 pages) 96 0 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt

Flood Myths: Similar Ancient Greek and Mesopotamian Beliefs

ng written story in world literature is The Epic of Gilgamesh. In this account the Mesopotamian god Enlil uses a massive flood in order to silence a noisy city so that he may rest undisturbed. Another ... n conciseness" say authors Stephen Harris and Gloria Platzner (44). Utnapishtim defying the will of Enlil is obviously a struggle with an authority figure.To continue, six days was all that Utnapishti ...

(5 pages) 229 3 4.5 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Comparing and Contrasting the accounts of the great flood in Gilgamesh and the Bible

mentioned is the reason each story's God or gods decided to flood the earth. In Gilgamesh, the god Enlil was "aroused by the clamour" of the people of Earth, and decided to end the existence of manki ...

(2 pages) 69 1 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Adam and Eve.

ral G-D's. It says in the passage, "There was Anu, lord of the firmament, their father, and warrior Enlil their counsellor, Ninurta the helper, and Ennugi watcher over canals". In the story of Noah th ... tories is a perfect example that shows how monotheism is more beneficial. In the story of Gilgamesh Enlil, the warrior counsellor, suggests that the G-D's exterminate mankind. His reasoning for this a ...

(1 pages) 20 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

They came from outerspace

easy task since Humbaba protected the place where the "shems" were located.Humbaba was appointed by Enlil and was heavily armed. It is said that Humbaba was armed in sevenfold terrors and was terrible ... take him in search of Utnapishtim, a human forefather given the secrets of eternal life by the god Enlil. Gilgamesh traveled a long distance, only to be told by Utnapishtim that his destiny was that ...

(3 pages) 975 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

The story of the flood, how ut

a sacrifice at the top of the mountain which would attract the gods and make them happy except for Enlil" (40) Finally Enlil notices that not all humans have died, and is angry that even one human ha ... Finally Enlil notices that not all humans have died, and is angry that even one human has survived. Enlil suspects that reason why Utnapishtim survives is because he is told so by Ea (41). Ea lies to ...

(3 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology