Atrahasis is also known as Ziusudra, and is the Ut-napishtim of the Gilgamesh epic. He was warned by a god named Enki to take apart his house and build a boat, because a flood was coming which would completely destroy mankind. The flood was due to the fact that the god Enlil has trouble sleeping because humans make too much noise. Enlil has already caused a plague, drought and famine, which were unsuccessful. Atrahasis was instructed to fill the boat with animals.
When Peruses arrives in Larissa, he participates in some funeral games and accidentally strikes Acrisius on the head with a discus, killing him and fulfilling the prophecy.”(In the book pg154). King Acrisius of Argos imprisons his daughter Danae, Jealous of her beauty. When the god Zeus impregnates her, Acrisius sends his daughter and his newborn grandson Peruses to sea in a wooden coffin. In retribution, Zeus kills Acrisius and orders Poseidon to release the last of the Titans, a gigantic sea monster called the Kraken, (clash of the titans 1981). After Peruses sets out to get medusa as a prize no other human being has in the original myth, and to kill the Kraken in the movie.
Utnapishtim flood story: 1. What is the god’s motive for sending the flood? The great god was woken up and so when Enlil heard that he said to the other gods in council that he could no longer sleep. All the gods decided to exterminate all mankind. 2.
For example she fought off the 3 heads along with the bird so that they would not feed off of injured Haku. She was also warned by the boiler room man to be very careful that Haku was very dangerous although he was injured. Yet she insisted on giving him the food from the river spirit which helped to heal him. Chihiro placed her life in danger to help her true love. Next the true loves of the hero’s affection were her parents and Master Haku.
His crew did not listen. The crew used the cattle as a sacrifice to the gods. As a result, Helios prayed for the gods to punish Odysseus' men. They were punished by death when a thunderbolt from Zeus destroyed their boat. All of the men drowned except for Odysseus.
Flood Comparison The flood of Gilgamesh and the flood of Noah’s Ark has many comparisons. Both of these floods symbolize rebirth and a new beginning for mankind, in addition to god’s wrath. In the epic of Gilgamesh the gods decided to demolish mankind by flooding earth for six days and nights because they didn’t like how loud the people were being. Utnapishtim was the one chosen to build a boat, because he was asked to regenerate mankind after the flood. In the bible, God decided that there was too much evil in the world and decided to flood the earth for forty days and nights.
Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. His father, Cronus, would eat all of his children in fear of being overthrown. When Zeus was born, Rhea told Gaia to devise a plan to save him, so that Cronus would get his retribution for his acts against Uranus and his own children. Rhea gave birth to Zeus in Crete, and soon after she handed Cronus a rock wrapped in clothes, which he swallowed. Rhea hid Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete after he was born.
When the earth’s mortals were just beginning get developed. Zeus punished mankind for Prometheus stealing fire for them. He sent a box full of sins to put diseases to put to death all men. Sent by Pandora the first woman to join the earth along with more women who were created by Zeus to join men. They were told to go work harder to survive by Zeus.
The first gods were Chaos, Uranus, and his father Cronus (“Early Life”). Cronus swallowed his first five children because he believed they would try to overthrow him. Zeus’ grandmother Rhea substituted a stone wrapped in clothing for baby Zeus, and Cronus swallowed the stone along with the other children (“Early Life”). After Cronus had thrown up Zeus and his brothers and sisters, they began a war against Cronus that lasted for 10 years (Morford and Lenardon;”Early Life”).When the war was over, Zeus overthrew Cronus and the Titans with the help of his siblings. Zeus threw a lightning bolt at Cronus, and banished him to the underworld for all of eternity (“Early Life”).
Should dolphins be living in a stressful life because of our human’s selfishness? Because they are animals or can’t talk, will be suffered? Each year, 23,000 dolphins are being slaughtered in Taiji, and it is very inhumane. The fish men lure the dolphins by using boat to the cove, then they drop nets to block cove to prevent dolphins to escape, after the next morning, the slaughter begins. They use sharp spears to stab them, if stabbing one time is not enough, twice or three times until it is dead, just imagine how the baby dolphins feel when they see their parents being killed.