which Gilgamesh dismisses, disclosing to Enkidu that nobody lives everlastingly and that life is short. In any case, when Enkidu bites the dust, Gilgamesh is distraught to the point that he searches out Utnapishtim to take in the mystery of interminability. Regardless of his expectations, Utnap...
because of his great building projects, his account of Siduri's advice, and what the immortal man Utnapishtim told him about the Great Flood, Gilgamesh's fame survived well after his death with expanding interest in the Gilgamesh story which has been translated into many languages and is feature...
At Dilmun, Gilgamesh meets Utnapishtim, the Sumerian Noah, who was granted immortality for riding out the great Flood sent by the gods. He tells Gilgamesh about the plant of immortality. Getting to it, the plant has leaves like razors, cutting him; but Gilgamesh is powerful, pulls it up, ...