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Fought Gilgamesh to a draw, then became his good friend.
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Enkido
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Let's be friends, Kiddo.
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Gilgamesh and Enkido went here after becoming friends.
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Cedar Forest
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A "Moses" character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, told him how to live forever.
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Utnapishtim
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Take a nap.
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Bar maid who tells Gilgamesh to not worry about his problems. Drink instead!
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Siduri
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Going to a bar is going to make you need to <i>uri</i>nate.
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Enuma Elish means...
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"When on High" - Akkadian
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<i>Numa numa</i> kid raises his hands up. And prolly smokes a bit.
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Enuma Elish goddess and her husband.
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Tiamat & Aesu
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Dragon Fables?
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Ishtar was a goddess in ____.
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______ was a goddess in Meso.
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____ horny?
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Ishtar wanted to visit her sister in the underworld and passes through seven gates. What happens to her?
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She must pass through seven gates, taking off clothes at each. The underworld wants to keep naked Ishtar, and her husband does nothing.
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What happened after Ishtar's father sent a bribe to set her free from the underworld?
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She sends her husbands down for half of the year. When they are apart, the plants die. It's a fertility story.
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The reason for the seasons.
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Who were the main characters in Isis and Osiris, and what were their relationships?
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Osiris - King
Isis - his wife Seth - Osiris' brother Horus - Offspring of Osiris-the-paneling & Isis |
Uh... duh?!
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What happened in the story of Isis and Osiris?
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Seth put Osiris in a coffin and stuck it in the river. It floats down the river and gets stuck at a tree. Tree grows over it and then Osiris gets turned into paneling. Isis finds Osiris-the-paneling and is impregnated by him. Horus is born and then kills uncle Seth, who becomes god of the underworld.
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Baál's ____ was also his ______ and was named ____.
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Baál's <b>wife</b> was also his <b>sister</b> and was named <b>Anat</b>.
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Eww! A small annoying flying creature!
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Head of the pantheon in the Baál story, and his wife.
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El and Ashera
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Baál does battle with ___ [aka "___"].
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Yam [aka "Sea"]
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Baál is killed by ___.
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Mot
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Kirta
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Lost seven wives, didn't have any sons. El tells Kirta to find a wife in anotehr land. Makes and oath with Ashera claiming if he does heave a son he'll give her a ton of stuff. Ends early.
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Aquat
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Daniel requests a son anmed Aquat.
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Komesh was god of:
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Moab
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Baál was god of:
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Canaan
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Marduch was god of:
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Babylon
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Deuteronomistic theology
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Do good, you're blessed. Do bad, you're screwed.
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Names of Job's "friends."
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Eliphaz - "You must have sinned."
Bildab - "You must have done something wrong, and so did your children!" Zophor - "You're just straight-up EVIL!" |
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Hasatan
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"the adversary," or "the accuser"
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Etiologies
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"just so" stories, or stories that explain the "way things are"
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Hasatan / Satan is mentioned in...
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Job, Zecheriah, and Chronicles [where he's first mentioned without the article "the"]
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God reveals monotheism from ____ BC through ____ BC.
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1,000 BCE to 2 BCE.
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