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The Epic of Gilgamesh by: Haleigh Grindstaff
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Ninsun: the goddess of wisdom
Enkidu: Gilgamesh's equal
Aruru: the goddess of creation
Ishtar: the goddess of love, fertility, and war
Humbaba: the Cedar Forest guardian
Bull of Heaven: the god's pet
Shamash: the god of the sun
Siduri: the winemaker for the gods
Urshanabi: the boatman who carried people across the waters of death
Utnapishtim: the immortal man; the distant one; "He who saw life"
twothirds: Gilgamesh is _______ god and one-third human
mother: Gilgamesh's _______ interpreted his dream about Enkidu
cedar: Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed Humbaba to get ______ for the people of Uruk
killing: the gods punished Gilgamesh by _______ Enkidu
servant: once you reached the underworld you became this
immortality: what Gilgamesh goes on a quest for
Mount Mashu: the steep mountain that would make ordinary people dizzy and pale from fear
scorpionman: the creature guarding the cave with the tunnels
garden of the gods: the place that awaited him when he exited the tunnels
a hundred and twenty: number of poles Gilgamesh had to cut down to cross the waters of death
sleeping: the test the immortal man gave Gilgamesh
flower of youth: the plant that gives youth to the old
snake: the animal that stole the flower of youth
week: how long it took for the Distant One to build the boat
flood: how the gods got rid of mankind
The Epic of Gilgamesh by: Haleigh Grindstaff
Across:2. | the god's pet | 6. | the boatman who carried people across the waters of death | 8. | the immortal man; the distant one; "He who saw life" | 9. | Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed Humbaba to get ______ for the people of Uruk | 12. | the test the immortal man gave Gilgamesh | 13. | the steep mountain that would make ordinary people dizzy and pale from fear | 15. | the goddess of love, fertility, and war | 16. | Gilgamesh is _______ god and one-third human | 18. | the animal that stole the flower of youth | 19. | Gilgamesh's equal | 22. | the plant that gives youth to the old | 23. | the creature guarding the cave with the tunnels |
| | Down:1. | the Cedar Forest guardian | 3. | the goddess of creation | 4. | the place that awaited him when he exited the tunnels | 5. | number of poles Gilgamesh had to cut down to cross the waters of death | 7. | once you reached the underworld you became this | 10. | what Gilgamesh goes on a quest for | 11. | the winemaker for the gods | 12. | the god of the sun | 13. | Gilgamesh's _______ interpreted his dream about Enkidu | 14. | the goddess of wisdom | 17. | how long it took for the Distant One to build the boat | 20. | the gods punished Gilgamesh by _______ Enkidu | 21. | how the gods got rid of mankind |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh by: Haleigh Grindstaff
Across:2. | the god's pet | 6. | the boatman who carried people across the waters of death | 8. | the immortal man; the distant one; "He who saw life" | 9. | Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed Humbaba to get ______ for the people of Uruk | 12. | the test the immortal man gave Gilgamesh | 13. | the steep mountain that would make ordinary people dizzy and pale from fear | 15. | the goddess of love, fertility, and war | 16. | Gilgamesh is _______ god and one-third human | 18. | the animal that stole the flower of youth | 19. | Gilgamesh's equal | 22. | the plant that gives youth to the old | 23. | the creature guarding the cave with the tunnels |
| | Down:1. | the Cedar Forest guardian | 3. | the goddess of creation | 4. | the place that awaited him when he exited the tunnels | 5. | number of poles Gilgamesh had to cut down to cross the waters of death | 7. | once you reached the underworld you became this | 10. | what Gilgamesh goes on a quest for | 11. | the winemaker for the gods | 12. | the god of the sun | 13. | Gilgamesh's _______ interpreted his dream about Enkidu | 14. | the goddess of wisdom | 17. | how long it took for the Distant One to build the boat | 20. | the gods punished Gilgamesh by _______ Enkidu | 21. | how the gods got rid of mankind |
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