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The Epic of Gilgamesh (2) Reilly Gallagher
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Enkidu : beast man; Gilgamesh's best friend
Didactic : teaching a lesson; used to describe characters or stories
Eulogy : speech given at a funeral
Immortality : Gilgamesh went on a quest for this
Humbaba : stereotypical monster that guarded a forest; killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Character Pride : characteristic that make a quest more difficult; usually pride or impatience
Plant of Youth : given to Gilgamesh after failing the Sleep Test
Anu : Enkidu was shaped after this god
Enlil : aided Enkidu and Gilgamesh killing the guardian of the Cedar Forest; caused the flood in which the Distant One survived
Priestess : sent by Gilgamesh to seduce and bring Enkidu to the city of Uruk
Dynamic : a character who develops and changes over time; ex-Gilgamesh
Sobriquet : person's nickname; synonym of epitet
Dream : the ultimate reason Gilgamesh stopped fighting Enkidu during their first encounter; he remembered this
Noah and the Ark : biblical story often compared to the flood in which Utnapishtim encountered
Overcome : the people of Uruk prayed "Create another mortal who can ________ our king's terrible pride..."
Gilgamesh : character whose pride caused the death of his best friend
Siduri : Shamash told Gilgamesh to go speak to this wine-making maiden
Sumeria : a similar name for Mesopotamia; modern day Iraq
Distant One : Utnapishtim's epitet
Man Scorpion : guardians of the tunnels through Mount Mashu who possessed deadly vision
Stones : Gilgamesh tied these to his feet in order to retrieve the Plant of Youth
Goddess : Gilgamesh thought he was superior to everyone else because his mother was a...
Snake : Gilgamesh saw this creature taking his plant as a sign he was not meant to be immortal
Epiphany : Gilgamesh had three; 1) Fight with Enkidu, 2) Not supposed to be immortal, 3) He was already immortal because of his city
Nisir : where the Distant One landed after the flood
Tigris : Uruk is located because the Eurphrates and ______ rivers
Cyborg : scientists have an idea to replace broken parts of the human body with electronic replacements to make a new race called this
The Epic of Gilgamesh (2) Reilly Gallagher
Across:4. | person's nickname; synonym of epitet | 7. | a character who develops and changes over time; ex-Gilgamesh | 8. | Gilgamesh tied these to his feet in order to retrieve the Plant of Youth | 10. | Enkidu was shaped after this god | 11. | a similar name for Mesopotamia; modern day Iraq | 15. | Uruk is located because the Eurphrates and ______ rivers | 16. | the people of Uruk prayed "Create another mortal who can ________ our king's terrible pride..." |
| 17. | given to Gilgamesh after failing the Sleep Test | 20. | Gilgamesh had three; 1) Fight with Enkidu, 2) Not supposed to be immortal, 3) He was already immortal because of his city | 21. | Gilgamesh thought he was superior to everyone else because his mother was a... | 23. | guardians of the tunnels through Mount Mashu who possessed deadly vision | 24. | scientists have an idea to replace broken parts of the human body with electronic replacements to make a new race called this | 25. | Gilgamesh saw this creature taking his plant as a sign he was not meant to be immortal | 26. | characteristic that make a quest more difficult; usually pride or impatience |
| | Down:1. | sent by Gilgamesh to seduce and bring Enkidu to the city of Uruk | 2. | character whose pride caused the death of his best friend | 3. | the ultimate reason Gilgamesh stopped fighting Enkidu during their first encounter; he remembered this | 5. | Shamash told Gilgamesh to go speak to this wine-making maiden | 6. | speech given at a funeral | 7. | teaching a lesson; used to describe characters or stories | 9. | beast man; Gilgamesh's best friend |
| 12. | aided Enkidu and Gilgamesh killing the guardian of the Cedar Forest; caused the flood in which the Distant One survived | 13. | Gilgamesh went on a quest for this | 14. | biblical story often compared to the flood in which Utnapishtim encountered | 18. | where the Distant One landed after the flood | 19. | stereotypical monster that guarded a forest; killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu | 22. | Utnapishtim's epitet |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (2) Reilly Gallagher
Across:4. | person's nickname; synonym of epitet | 7. | a character who develops and changes over time; ex-Gilgamesh | 8. | Gilgamesh tied these to his feet in order to retrieve the Plant of Youth | 10. | Enkidu was shaped after this god | 11. | a similar name for Mesopotamia; modern day Iraq | 15. | Uruk is located because the Eurphrates and ______ rivers | 16. | the people of Uruk prayed "Create another mortal who can ________ our king's terrible pride..." |
| 17. | given to Gilgamesh after failing the Sleep Test | 20. | Gilgamesh had three; 1) Fight with Enkidu, 2) Not supposed to be immortal, 3) He was already immortal because of his city | 21. | Gilgamesh thought he was superior to everyone else because his mother was a... | 23. | guardians of the tunnels through Mount Mashu who possessed deadly vision | 24. | scientists have an idea to replace broken parts of the human body with electronic replacements to make a new race called this | 25. | Gilgamesh saw this creature taking his plant as a sign he was not meant to be immortal | 26. | characteristic that make a quest more difficult; usually pride or impatience |
| | Down:1. | sent by Gilgamesh to seduce and bring Enkidu to the city of Uruk | 2. | character whose pride caused the death of his best friend | 3. | the ultimate reason Gilgamesh stopped fighting Enkidu during their first encounter; he remembered this | 5. | Shamash told Gilgamesh to go speak to this wine-making maiden | 6. | speech given at a funeral | 7. | teaching a lesson; used to describe characters or stories | 9. | beast man; Gilgamesh's best friend |
| 12. | aided Enkidu and Gilgamesh killing the guardian of the Cedar Forest; caused the flood in which the Distant One survived | 13. | Gilgamesh went on a quest for this | 14. | biblical story often compared to the flood in which Utnapishtim encountered | 18. | where the Distant One landed after the flood | 19. | stereotypical monster that guarded a forest; killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu | 22. | Utnapishtim's epitet |
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