Sumerian creation myth

The Impact of Death on Belief in Intelligent Design vs. Evolution Evolution claims that through the process of natural selection, the best genetic traits are passed to offspring. The theory of intelligent design states that life can only be explained if there is an intelligent being leading the process. As demonstrated in Jessica L. Tracey’s paper, “Death and Science: The Existential Underpinnings of Belief in Intelligent Design and Discomfort with Evolution,” many turn to intelligent design in…

Gilgamesh and The Acceptance of Death “Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do?” —Epicurus The Epic of Gilgamesh speaks to the human fear of death and the death of the people who they love and care for. It answers to the existential question of what comes with death and what of the life and connections that have been made during our time one Earth. The character Gilgamesh goes through different stages while…

What exactly is a hero? According to Webster’s Dictionary, a hero is “a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities.” Whether intentional or coincidental, these persons have a great impact on others. However, many of those characters that are deemed heroic figures are also ones that are identified as “tragic heroes”. This suggests that, despite the real or potential good that a character does, he is flawed and often acts in ways that lead to his downfall or to his…

In the epic of Gilgamesh, water is shown to be an importance through out the story as it is mentioned in tablet XI. In tablet XI, Gilgamesh talks to Utanapishtim on how he was granted immortality by the gods. Utanapishtim tells him about his recap of his life before he became immortal by building a boat that would survive the flood. After Utanapishtim tells Gilgamesh of his life, Gilgamesh continues to go on his journey to become immortal. In the story of Gilgamesh water plays a crucial role in…

The first legal battle of evolution and creation was in 1925 with the Butler Act in Tennessee (Pennock 6) “Laws dictating the content of the science curriculum in this regard have been in existence from 1922 to the present” (Zimmerman 2). Creationism is a way to turn down the evolutionary theory…

The Sumerian myth of Enki and Ninhursag, written in 2500BC, contains similarities or parallels to the…

Sumerian and Israelite Flood Myths The Sumerian and Israelite flood myths share many interesting and specific details, which make the theory that they are related a possibility. There is scientific evidence that supports there a flood took place in the Black Sea nearly seven thousand and six hundred years ago. This was a large-scale catastrophic event caused by the melting of glaciers from the previous ice age. It has been proven that the Black Sea was isolated from the oceans back then by the…

dawn of civilization, myths have defined our culture, shaping it in more ways than one can comprehend. Just like the natural events that so shape our world, the evolving and changing of myths have a vast impact on the development of a culture. Through studying these myths, we can see the history of this change, becoming literary archeologist in order to better understand the interactions between the cultures of our world. By brushing off the dust and comparing the creation myths of ancient…

Stucken, Hugo Winckler, Peter Jensen, Felix Peiser, Heinrich Zimmern, Alfred Jeremias and Ferdinand Bork that many of the stories from the Old Testament specifically the Book of Genesis originated from the religion, mythology and history of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians who lived in the Mesopotamia Valley from 5500BC to 220AD. Specifically, it was the Assyrians and the Babylonians who used their political and cultural influences to control a young nation of Israelites by…

the Sumerian civilization has one aspect that makes it unique to the others. Their myths and spoken word creates explanation of how the world was created. While they are not the only civilization to use myths, Sumerian stories have yet to cease to exist. As stated previously, the Sumerian civilization used myths to explain why the world exists. Myths were created to explain everything from the creation of man to what caused the separation of heaven and earth. The Gilgamesh epic is a myth told…