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The Epic of Gilgamesh by Erin Farris
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Utnapishtim: immortal man
Mount Mashu: highest mountain that Gilgamesh hiked to get to Utnapishtim
Enkidu: Gilgamesh's equal
Ninsun: mother of Gilgamesh; interpreted the dream about meeting his equal
Humbaba: guardian of the Cedar Forest; defeated by Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Bull of Heaven: pet of the gods; sent to Uruk by Ishtar
Ishtar: goddess of love, fertility, and war; wanted to marry Gilgamesh
Siduri: wine-making maiden; sent Gilgamesh to Urshanabi
Urshanabi: ferryman; took people across the waters of death
flood: killed all of mankind except Utnapishtim and everyone on the boat
Gilgamesh: 2/3 god; King of Uruk; protagonist in the epic; lived between 2700 and 2500 B.C.
Aruru: the goddess of creation
Shamash: god of the sun
snake: took the flower of youth from Gilgamesh
servant: what you become to the gods once you get to the Underworld
fly: how you get to the Underworld
grief: how you get over the death of a friend; divided in to 5 stages
Mesopotamian: nationality of the epic
gods: punished Gilgamesh by killing Enkidu
scorpionman: guardian of the tunnels who had deadly vision
flower of youth: gives youth to the old; located at the bottom of the sea
poles: what Gilgamesh used to push him across the waters of death since he broke the stones
oxymoron: literary term; example. immortal man
garden of the gods: place at the end of the tunnels
Henrietta Lacks: lady whose cells continued growing in a lab and are still used today
The Epic of Gilgamesh by Erin Farris
Across:4. | 2/3 god; King of Uruk; protagonist in the epic; lived between 2700 and 2500 B.C. | 5. | what Gilgamesh used to push him across the waters of death since he broke the stones | 7. | highest mountain that Gilgamesh hiked to get to Utnapishtim | 11. | god of the sun | 12. | how you get over the death of a friend; divided in to 5 stages | 14. | gives youth to the old; located at the bottom of the sea |
| 15. | wine-making maiden; sent Gilgamesh to Urshanabi | 18. | lady whose cells continued growing in a lab and are still used today | 19. | mother of Gilgamesh; interpreted the dream about meeting his equal | 20. | what you become to the gods once you get to the Underworld | 21. | pet of the gods; sent to Uruk by Ishtar | 23. | Gilgamesh's equal |
| | Down:1. | literary term; example. immortal man | 2. | nationality of the epic | 3. | killed all of mankind except Utnapishtim and everyone on the boat | 4. | punished Gilgamesh by killing Enkidu | 6. | place at the end of the tunnels | 8. | immortal man | 9. | guardian of the tunnels who had deadly vision |
| 10. | took the flower of youth from Gilgamesh | 13. | goddess of love, fertility, and war; wanted to marry Gilgamesh | 16. | ferryman; took people across the waters of death | 17. | how you get to the Underworld | 18. | guardian of the Cedar Forest; defeated by Gilgamesh and Enkidu | 22. | the goddess of creation |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh by Erin Farris
Across:4. | 2/3 god; King of Uruk; protagonist in the epic; lived between 2700 and 2500 B.C. | 5. | what Gilgamesh used to push him across the waters of death since he broke the stones | 7. | highest mountain that Gilgamesh hiked to get to Utnapishtim | 11. | god of the sun | 12. | how you get over the death of a friend; divided in to 5 stages | 14. | gives youth to the old; located at the bottom of the sea |
| 15. | wine-making maiden; sent Gilgamesh to Urshanabi | 18. | lady whose cells continued growing in a lab and are still used today | 19. | mother of Gilgamesh; interpreted the dream about meeting his equal | 20. | what you become to the gods once you get to the Underworld | 21. | pet of the gods; sent to Uruk by Ishtar | 23. | Gilgamesh's equal |
| | Down:1. | literary term; example. immortal man | 2. | nationality of the epic | 3. | killed all of mankind except Utnapishtim and everyone on the boat | 4. | punished Gilgamesh by killing Enkidu | 6. | place at the end of the tunnels | 8. | immortal man | 9. | guardian of the tunnels who had deadly vision |
| 10. | took the flower of youth from Gilgamesh | 13. | goddess of love, fertility, and war; wanted to marry Gilgamesh | 16. | ferryman; took people across the waters of death | 17. | how you get to the Underworld | 18. | guardian of the Cedar Forest; defeated by Gilgamesh and Enkidu | 22. | the goddess of creation |
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© 2013
PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only