Essay On Gilgamesh Religion

Religion and mankind have become synonymous as the two have strong correlations and associations with each other that predate even the history of writing. Religion is a method that allows simple minded humans the ability to comprehend the complex and unknown. The natural phenomenon that is the tide of the ocean water, could be described as under the control of the water god or ocean god which simply does this naturally. Gilgamesh, known to be a powerful king who could be matched by only one other person, was created by the means of the Gods. The people of Uruk, cry to the Gods, asking them to help them from this oppressive leader. Already seen from the beginning, is that the Gods of these people are very influential to their lives and world. Their role in the world is very much active unlike other …show more content…
Shullat, was a divine herald of storms and bad weather, so a large storm which may have wreaked havoc must have been Shullat’s anger or order to punish humans. This structure of polytheism is seen for long periods of times and even similarly with the Greek gods and how there are relations which each and every god that somehow interconnects with one another. An interesting correlation between the poem of Gilgamesh and the Bible is their shared themes such as the divine punishment of a worldly flood. However; since this is before the biblical time, there was no caesaropapism or a leader who ruled religiously and empirically such as king David. In this hierarchy, the king was absolute ruler and was not bound by religious ideology in his own ambitions and quests. Life was met with death, and death was met with nothing but the cold and dark abyss that is nonexistence. So Gilgamesh did as he wanted for man was ultimately met with demised, and even he, created from gods, was still mortal and would meet the fate of all