1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Gil’s Lit. Devices Gilgamesh and Friends Journey Stages Gilgamesh’s Journey A “Meso” Sumeria

2. “When the gods created Gilgamesh, they gave him a perfect body. Shamash the glorious sun god endowed him with beauty, Adad the god of the storm endowed him with courage.” Which of the following literary devices is most clearly displayed in the above quote? FlashbackIndirect Characterization Symbolism Parallel Structure Direct characterizationEpic similes

3. Direct Characterization

4. So Urshnabi took Gilgamesh and led him to the washing-place, he washed his long hair as clean as snow in the water, he shall throw off his skins and let the sea carry them away... Which of the following literary devices is most clearly displayed in the above quote? FlashbackIndirect Characterization Symbolism Parallel Structure Direct characterizationEpic similes

5. Symbolism (or symbolic archetype!)

6. Enkidu warns Gilgamesh about the power of Humbaba – “But Enkidu sighed bitterly and said, ‘..... terrible to all flesh is Humbaba.’” Which of the following literary devices is most clearly displayed in the above quote? FlashbackIndirect Characterization Symbolism Parallel Structure Direct characterizationEpic similes

7. Indirect Characterization

8. “One whole day the tempest raged, gathering fury as it went, it poured over the people like the tides of battle....” Which of the following literary devices is most clearly displayed in the above quote? FlashbackIndirect Characterization Symbolism Parallel Structure Direct characterizationEpic similes

9. Epic simile

10. Gilgamesh said to him, “Why should not my cheeks be starved and my face drawn? Despair is in my heart and my face is the face of one who has made a long journey....” Which of the following literary devices is most clearly displayed in the above quote? FlashbackIndirect Characterization Symbolism Parallel Structure Direct characterizationEpic similes

11. Parallelism

12. A character also called “The Faraway”

13. Utnapishtim

14. She was rejected by Gilgamesh and unleashes the Bull of Heaven.

15. Ishtar

16. The god that causes the Great Flood

17. Enlil

18. Both of these gods are friends to man

19. Ea and Shamash

20. This is the Queen of death whom Enkidu encounters in his dream. She reigns over the house of dust.

21. Irkalla

22. Often the hero feels that he/she has it "too good" and refuses to give up all that they currently have (often resulting in the hero being forced to move on).

23. Refusal of the call

24. The hero overcomes fear, judgment, and mental blocks that may have been holding him/her back. This stage shows growth and the ability to take on adult responsibilities.

25. Atonement with the father

26. This a character who helps the hero after he or she has committed to the quest. This figure offers hope or good advice to keep the hero going.

27. Meeting with the Goddess

28. The hero has attained wisdom in both the spiritual and material world (conscious world).

29. Master of Two Worlds

30. The hero has his reward, now he must return to safety. A “chase” ensues.

31. Magic Flight

32. Gilgamesh successfully makes his way through the twelve leagues of darkness. When he comes out on the other side of Mashu, he is greeted with an astounding sight.

33. Belly of the Whale

34. At night when he came to the mountain passes Gilgamesh prayed: "In these mountain passes long ago I saw lions. I was afraid and I lifted my eyes to the moon; I prayed and my prayers went up to the gods, so now, O moon god Sin, protect me."

35. Supernatural Assistance

36. This too was the work of Gilgamesh, the king, who knew the countries of the world. He was wise, he saw mysteries and knew secret things.....and returning engraved on a stone the whole story.

37. Master of Two Worlds

38. [Siduri] answered......'Let your clothes be fresh, bathe yourself in water, cherish the little child that holds your hand, and make your wife happy in your embrace; for this too is the lot of man."

39. Meeting with the Goddess

40. In anger and ignorance, Gilgamesh smashes some sacred stones that Urshanabi is fashioning into a prow to protect his boat. Gilgamesh then builds another boat, and Urshanabi guides him across the ocean and over the waters of death.

41. Road of Trials

42. The ancient Sumerians settled in the region of the middle East between what two rivers?

43. Tigris and Euphrates

44. When the ancient Sumerians first settled in Mesopotamia

45. around 5000 BC

46. This natural resource of Mesopotamia was most important to the Sumerians, as indicated by Gilgamesh’s actions early in the epic.

47. Timber / cedar forest

48. What belief caused the Sumerians’ anxiety about death?

49. When these people invaded Sumeria, they preserved the writings on clay tables in a library at Ninevah

50. the fact that there was no joyful afterlife

51. Babylonians