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Utnapishtim

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Utnapishtim
blessed by Enlil with everlasting life. [Babyl. Myth.: Gilgamesh]
See : Immortality


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Atrahasis and Utnapishtim also receive immortality in their versions of the account.
An overlooked message: the critique of kings and affirmation of ... by Gnuse, Robert K. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
When Enkidu dies, the distraught Gilgamesh quests for immortality, seeking his friend in the underworld and crossing the River of Death to find the immortal Utnapishtim (Noah).
Geraldine McCaughrean Gilgamesh the Hero by Long, Joanna Rudge / The Horn Book Magazine
The heartbroken king seeks the advice of Utnapishtim and his wife, the only two mortals to whom the gods have granted eternal life.
Forever young: the new scientific search for immortality by Bailey, Ronald / Reason
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